Teng Learning Technology

What do you think about instructional design so far?  To be honest, I initially was attracted to instructional design because I am pretty good with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and I have some programming abilities.  I am still new to the Learning Technologies master’s program.  When forced to pick a track, I chose instructional design as my track. I am glad that I have taken this class because now I know a lot more about the subject. The readings have shown me how systematic the whole process is.  There are precise questions about what you should ask your client.  Everything has to be documented. It makes a lot of sense. Businesses and institutions need to maximize the effectiveness that their employees spend in training.  As a teacher, I take a lot of this for granted.  I am fortunate to work in a district with curriculum writers who spend weeks over the summer trying to adjust the curriculum where much of the same is going on. I hav...

Analysis and Design: Project 1 This project has been a little difficult for me. The first design idea did not pan out with the school library. The second project took forever to get approval.  It almost was rejected, but after some discussion with the digital learning specialist of my district were finally approved.  While not part of the school curriculum, I have learned a lot from this experience. I have learned to have a clearer idea of what I want before asking people for what I need.  I believe that my principal and the district thought I was doing a very difficult research project at my school when I actually wanted to make a short 5-minute lesson on how to log onto a computer.  This part of the semester, teaching has also been very difficult.  Like anything in the “real world”, people are required to juggle many priorities and projects at the same time.  As I will tell my students, it is good I can make the mistakes in school rather than in the r...