The takeaway
Callista Dawson, Senior Instructional Media Designer at APU Global, took first place in the third edition of the Adobe eLearning Challenge. The competitive challenge from Adobe is open to international competition, making the recognition even more significant.Callista submitted her piece titled “What is your privilege.” The piece is used both in professional development and academic courses at APU Global.The victory represents a professional recognition of the creativity and learn
Callista Dawson, Senior Instructional Media Designer at APU Global, took first place in the third edition of the Adobe eLearning Challenge. The competitive challenge from Adobe is open to international competition, making the recognition even more significant.
Callista submitted her piece titled “ What is your privilege .” The piece is used both in professional development and academic courses at APU Global.
The victory represents a professional recognition of the creativity and learner-focused content that goes into the development of online courses at APU Global. Congratulations to Callista and the eLearning department!
Recognition for online course design
The Adobe eLearning Showcase Challenge recognizes instructional designers whose work advances what digital learning can do. Taking first place put APU Global's instructional media team alongside designers from major corporate and academic learning organizations.
Why course design is the whole experience
For a fully online university, course design is not a support function. It is the campus. Navigation, pacing, media quality, accessibility, and how feedback is delivered determine whether a working adult finishes a term or stalls out in week four. Awards like this reflect a design standard applied across the catalog, not a one-off showpiece.
- Eight-week terms structured so weekly workload is predictable
- Media and assessments designed for mobile-first, asynchronous study
- Accessibility built in from the start rather than retrofitted
- Consistent course architecture, so students learn one interface and reuse it
See it for yourself
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