United Nations Design Education
My role was creating a technology-based instructional course that contained modules on the topic of “Vector Tracing.”
Role: eLearning Designer
Client: United Nations | Learning Lions
Tools: Figma | Keynote
Overview
Learning Lions is a non-profit organization enabling young adults in impoverished rural areas of Eastern Africa to work, and to live a life full of opportunity while remaining in their home area. The students are equipped with IT and media skills and are then encouraged to become entrepreneurs. Through selling digital services online on sites like Fiverr.com and Freelancer.com they become self-sustaining professionals.
Goal
To teach students the professional design skill of “Vector Tracing” to allow them to sell this digital service for profit.
Process
DISCOVER
Whiteboarding
Plenty of research went into identifying real world scenarios of frequently requested Vector Tracing work on different freelancer platforms like Fiverr.com and Freelancer.com. This information helped define the content of each module and what students needed to know in order to sell their skill of Vector Tracing as digital service. The following modules were discovered from this phase.
DEFINE
Preparation Modules
The goal is introducing Vector Tracing and comparing the different tools to accomplish the task.
Qualification Modules
Creating a practical approach of watching a demo video, followed by a final project for each module. All projects would be graded and upon completion of all 15 modules, the student would graduate with a certificate.
Upon completion, files were handed off to development for implementation into the system.