4 Implementation
E-learning
The Whodunit? course was created in Articulate Storyline, and the link at the bottom will take you to my project at Review 360 on the articulate website.
This project is designed to be used by forensic science students at a fictional State University. Whodunit? is an online, asynchronous course that does not require an instructor. It focuses on how to take crime notes. The rationale is that the traditional lecture model leaves most students poorly prepared for taking the detailed crime scene notes necessary for the successful prosecution of criminals. So, Whodunit?, is designed to give students more practice without adding any responsibilities to already overloaded instructors. This course is scenario-based and the learner is an intern at a local law enforcement agency.
In the course, Interns have the opportunity to get information from the officers at the crime scene and to take notes from that information and the crime scene photo. They can then use their notes to take the test, but they won’t have access to the crime scene photo. This is to simulate how they would answer questions while testifying in court.
This course currently includes a pre-test so learners only take the course if necessary, and a formative assessment. Both the pre-test and the formative assessment include a performance task: taking crime scene notes. The summative assessment is yet to be built. A survey is included at the ended of the course, as are two resources: a rubric for self-evaluation of crime scene notes and a job aid in the form of a word document designed to support the taking of detailed crime scene notes. The end of course survey is meant to measure achievement of level 1 and 2 objectives (Kirkpatrick model) and a leading indicator for the level 3 objective.