How to Store Your Fruits and Vegetables

Preparation

I designed this module to showcase my Articulate Storyline skills within the context of a community education campaign. The learning experience aims to educate not only through descriptions of best practices, but also through an interactive activity.

The Problem

The amount of uneaten food an individual household discards represents a significant waste of both money and a loss in the effective capacity of U.S. farmlands.  One way to avoid these losses is to educate consumers on the factors affecting produce storage so that it lasts longer, reducing the risk of the produce going bad before use.

Learning Goals

The module aims to improve consumer understanding of how to store produce with the goal that household food waste is reduced. 

Learning Design

In reality, community education campaigns typically involve distribution of passive educational materials. This module would accompany those typical modes of education, leveraging the benefits of e-learning to increase effectiveness. It also can drive consumers to different resources to continue their engagement with this topic.

Content Focus

While produce is not the only source of food waste, limiting the module focus to produce makes it easier to repeat concepts based on food categories and allows for better information retention on the consumer end. It also limits content to make it more manageable.

Even with focusing the module on produce, there are still a vast number of possibilities within that category. In order to maintain the manageability and repetition as well as audience accessibility, I researched the most purchased produce items and used those in the module. 

Storyboarding

I sketched the flow of the module based on the learning process, integrating the content and interactive features as appropriate.