I am enjoying my career as a Learning Technologist. Like teaching, it still allows me to teach and train people but without the major disadvantage of marking, which I found to be the worst part of being a teacher. What I have discovered is that I love problem-solving.
I am quite creative and, as a teacher, I enjoyed creating learning resources, especially web-based eLearning resources. As I have always enjoyed working with video, one area that I would like to experiment with is interactive video, such as branching video. When I first looked at branching video in 2019, Adobe Captivate seemed to be a good choice, especially as I already have some experience of using the software.
Towards the end of 2020, I came across some software called Thinglink, which is used to create interactive images, 360° images and 360° videos. I have already given a presentation to the Director of the Institute of Policing to let him know what I am planning to do.
However, since then I have found software such as Cinema8, which is describes itself as “an experiential video interaction design platform that empowers video lovers to create gamified, engaging, interactive and video experiences on linear & 360° videos“. Their showcase includes gamification examples, and this is one area I would like to look at.
Whatever interactive video software we decide to purchase, the hardware I am looking at will probably be a Ricoh Theta V or Insta 360 One X2 to create the 360° images and videos, so I will hopefully be experimenting with one of those this year.
As I mentioned in my Contextual Statement, I believe that gaining CMALT accreditation will help my career prospects. In the near future, I would like promotion to a role such as Senior Learning Technologist, Digital Learning Manager or TEL Learning Manager.