Firstly, the instructional podcast shows my ability to write clear lesson objectives. I wrote my lesson objectives per Gagné et al.’s (1992, p.127) theory that all learning objects should contain “the situation in which the performance is performed; the type of learned capability; the object of the performance; the specific action the learner takes in employing the capability; and the tools, constraints, or special conditions associated with the performance”. This theory allowed me to formulate clear and specific objectives that framed the instructional material for the course.

Furthermore, the podcast shows my skills with audacity. The audio contains music that acts as signposting between different sections of the instructional material. The use of such an obvious method of signposting of new material was to adhere to the principle of chunking. Chunking information is the joining of smaller units of information into one chunk to make the information easier to digest (Lidwell et al. 2010). This principle guided me in producing clear information that flowed from one unit to another unit.