I have experience using Adobe products and this led me to Adobe Spark. I was in a state of active discovery using it, unearthing templates, layouts, photos and icons and creating colour schemes.

The scaffolding was there initially in the form of the templates for me to use. However, as I grew more experienced, the scaffolding fell away as I created my own designs.

The learning followed Knowles’ 4 key principles of Andragogy. I was involved in the planning and evaluation of the training. My previous experience provided the basis for the learning. The learning was to address a specific issue and was immediately relevant to what I needed.

Learning to use Spark was Experiential Learning; learning-by-doing. Experiential Learning immerses learners in an experience and then encourages reflection about the experience to develop new skills, attitudes, or new ways of thinking.

While mastering Spark, I built upon the available templates, contemplated the designs, actively experimented with them and synthesised new designs of my own.

The learning met the essential requirements of Microlearning in that it was separated into its core features.

Each design is made up of several elements that can be easily revised. The tool was accessible from any device, was relevant to what I was currently doing and met a pressing need.