The last reflection I wrote was in September. So here I am six weeks later and a lot further ahead. The case studies have been very helpful because they put me in a situation where I distill what I find in the book and apply it to the case. The case studies utilize Bloom’s taxonomy […]
Before I was a student of Instructional Design, I was agnostic on reflection papers. I had assigned reflective activities as part of freshman orientation and career development courses I had taught over the years but had not given the assignment much meaningful consideration, nor feedback to the students. I pretty much considered it busywork. Being […]
As I proceed with reading our text book assignments, I continue to find that much of the content affirms what I have been doing in my Instructional Design practice over the past six years. Since 2013, I have developed online learning for healthcare organizations. The content for these courses has come directly from the SMEs, […]
This class took a favorable turn for me, in Week 5, when we reviewed the Objectives/Outcomes worksheets. Reading Chapters 3 and 4 of Cennamo’s & Kalk’s book, Outcomes, and Assessments, made the concept of writing learning outcomes seem easy. My immediate take away was to make sure the learning outcomes speak to the expected post-training […]
Everything You Need to Know about Working with SMEs Judy Newman Georgia State University October 15, 2019 Reference Articulate Community. (2019, October 3). Articulate Community. Retrieved from Community.Articulate.com: https://community.articulate.com/series/everything-you-need-to-know-about-working-with-smes?utm_source=epiphanies&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=071019-Epiphanies-3&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1ZeFlUYzFNRFl6WXprNCIsInQiOiI4dzVlQWdnT3lNZkYyd3BxenhqS2FkWUJqTnV4NXN3b2R Summary The article Everything You Need to know about Working with SMEs is a series of related websites authored by members of Articulate’s user-support Community, i.e. […]
Kokila Ravi Chen, B., Bastedo, K., & Howard, W. (2018). Exploring Design Elements for Online STEM Courses: Active Learning, Interaction & Assessment Design. Online Learning, 22(2). doi: 10.24059/olj. v22i2.1369 Article Summary: This article aims to identify effective design elements for online courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine fields at a large four-year public university in southeastern […]
In “Minding the Stories We Tell: Acknowledging and Addressing Implicit Narratives in IDT,” Amy Bradshaw defines two different kinds of storytelling in IDT: the explicit narrative and the implicit narrative. Any story that intentionally informs or entertains learners is an explicit narrative. This narrative is often used to illustrate IDT movements or to provide context to a theory. Conversely, […]
In the article being reviewed, Tian Lou and John Baaki of Old Dominion University completed a one year study evaluating the effect implementing graphic organizers had on students’ perceived learning in regards to the completion of an instructional design project. The study implemented the instructional tool into the final project for three graduate level courses […]
We have covered a lot of material since the first class on August 27, 2019. Our first discussion topic was on “The Proper Way to Become an Instructional Technologist” by Lloyd Reiber. Reading this paper gave me clarity on design theory and design practice. I agree with Lloyd Reiber in his closing statements, that there […]
The readings for this course have allowed me to gain a greater understanding of the overall field, as well as allowed me to dive deeper into essential components of the field. Below, I highlight some of my key takeaways that I have learned over the weeks related to the instructional design process, defining objectives, and […]