Navigating the Journey: Caroline Amberson's Transformation Through Instructional Design
About this episode
Jackie Pelegrin interviews Caroline Amberson about her journey in instructional design and the impact of research on her teaching practices.
Curiosity turns into clarity when a seasoned teacher names the practices that work. Jackie sits down with Caroline Amberson, a K–12 demonstration teacher who completed her M.S. in Instructional Design at Grand Canyon University, to unpack how research transformed instinct into intention. She walks us through the moment Mayer’s multimedia principles gave her a common language, how UDL and cognitive load theory run alongside them, and why the Kirkpatrick model finally made evaluation feel pract...
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