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LTEC 5510 Week 8


Week 8: LTEC 5510

What feedback have you received and what have you done as a result? Why? Given that many standard corporate ID projects last about 3 weeks and this is week 8 of the session, how do you feel about working on a professional timeline?

The peer review of my instructional design piece, by Leonard Ehlalt, was very informative.  He seems to have pointed out several bugs and typos in my design.  I have fixed the typos.  I need to give students more instructions on how to use Quizlet and Genevese. I planned on doing in later, but now is as good a time as any.  There also seems to be several bugs in the videos.  I probably need to have alternative means of getting to them.  More navigation aids on the main page are also things I plan on adding to my page.

Leonard’s question about “on level” is understandable. However, that is educational vernacular that probably should be clarified, but not removed. I have all three discussion questions, one for ELL, one for on level, and one for GT on the same page.  I plan to tell the instructor on the job aide to only chose one of the questions.  Not everything needs to be shown to the students.  Writing down what I want to put on the job aide would make sense. That would include how to create Quizlet accounts, Geneverse accounts, and Bioman accounts.
So far, the strategy of creating the whole course and then filling in all the parts seems to have ramped up the production of the site. I created all my discussion board questions, and I plan to move on to creating all my screencasts, and quizzes next. These seem to be more involved activities, that will take a lot more time. Spring break will be a good time to do this. Recording screencasts is difficult because it is hard to find a quiet place where I live. I don’t want to record the washing machine.  Quiz questions should be a little easier to find.

I am uncertain I want to do instructional design professionally.  The strict three-week deadlines seem to be hard to reach. In my earlier instructional design class, the fact-finding section of the program appeared to be the most challenging part. However, if I were to be part of a team, it might not be so bad, especially if I got proficient at using canvas.  When thinking about just doing lesson planning, I can’t help but think that the most enjoyable thing about my time in the classroom was not the lesson planning. I don’t miss grading. My favorite part of teaching was my time with the students. Getting to know students and being a part of their lives was one of the most rewarding things I may ever do in my life. That part of teaching was also the most exhausting part of the job. Teaching and creating this class have been fantastic opportunities to challenge me. I look forward to seeing the final result of this project.

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