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I will be blogging about the new path in life that I am embarking on.
Starting my EdD Technology Leadership on Aug. 23, 2010
I will be sharing my excitement, my frustrations, my concerns, and achievements.
Please comment on anything that you read, see, or feel about my experiences or even your own personal ones. I look forward to the New Adventure!
Will you help me when I'm healthy? You know how I feel about myself and without help I am going nowhere. You will be my mentor and friend and sister I never had. Good Bye 25 pounds with your help. CONGRATS on Morehead!!! Girl you can do it and you know it. Love ya. Let me help you someday!!!!!! Becky.
ReplyDeleteBegan reading the Preface of one of my books...and found myself not understanding any of it. I need to have a dictionary close at hand to assist me in all of the new meanings. Kind of scarey..hope that I am not in over my head..YIKES!!!!!
ReplyDeleteStill don't know when my classes are and if I will be logging in to an actual lecture, or posting...or what??? I am pretty type A - need to know the game plan before I play the game...not the day of the game...heaven help me!!!!
Hey Lisa..thanks for the words of encouragement. I loved your kinesthetic reference of swimming to survival. I was looking at Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction. You are speaking my language.
ReplyDeleteSince my html will not accept my posting (I guess that I was over my 4,096 characters) I will break it up into a couple of posts.
ReplyDeleteInstructional design should be all about helping students to learn better. That puts a pretty "broad" concept out there. Broad is the key word here - obviously what works for some, does not work for others. Todays classroom is a broad chasm of disarray...where some grab the rope to climb out and enter the "light". Some don't know how to use the rope to climb out, and others can never even find the rope. (You knew that I would use some "physical anamoly" to convey my thoughts...)
The purpose of instructional design should be to engage all learners (the educational buzz word of today)
The purpose is to know and understand the reason for learning, the goal, it's relevance; to take their learning and apply it to something beyond their classroom walls.
It should give students an opportunity to use, to practice, what they are learning with the appropriate tools.
When I think of Instructional Design - I think of analyzing data, learning styles, students needs and goals. I think of creating educational materials that give meaning and purpose to the process. I associate the need to understand how people think, learn and solve problems.
It should "speak their language" - so they are motivated, engaged and invested...otherwise why bother?
So obviously there is a lot of trial and error involved. It will need to be evaluated, revised, and in a constant state of flux. It should be as indivdual as every learner is. Perhaps every learner needs an IEP - that will be evaluated yearly (hhhmmm - I want more thought here), and changes as the individual grows.
There will be commonalities - state mandates, limitation of resources and tools, budget constraints, and I could go on and on. When the design is for the masses - many considerations are left behind - gender, class size, environment, indivdual beliefs just to name a few.
Now to address all of this...I guess this is why I am in the class??????? Talk to me - and in words that I can understand. Speak my language now..and with practice...my vocab will advance as well. Instructional design should be all about helping students to learn better. That puts a pretty "broad" concept out there. Broad is the key word here - obviously what works for some, does not work for others. Todays classroom is a broad chasm of disarray...where some grab the rope to climb out and enter the "light". Some don't know how to use the rope to climb out, and others can never even find the rope. (You knew that I would use some "physical anamoly" to convey my thoughts...)
The purpose of instructional design should be to engage all learners (the educational buzz word of today)
The purpose is to know and understand the reason for learning, the goal, it's relevance; to take their learning and apply it to something beyond their classroom walls.
It should give students an opportunity to use, to practice, what they are learning with the appropriate tools.
When I think of Instructional Design - I think of analyzing data, learning styles, students needs and goals. I think of creating educational materials that give meaning and purpose to the process. I associate the need to understand how people think, learn and solve problems.
ReplyDeleteIt should "speak their language" - so they are motivated, engaged and invested...otherwise why bother?
So obviously there is a lot of trial and error involved. It will need to be evaluated, revised, and in a constant state of flux. It should be as indivdual as every learner is. Perhaps every learner needs an IEP - that will be evaluated yearly (hhhmmm - I want more thought here), and changes as the individual grows.
There will be commonalities - state mandates, limitation of resources and tools, budget constraints, and I could go on and on. When the design is for the masses - many considerations are left behind - gender, class size, environment, indivdual beliefs just to name a few.
Now to address all of this...I guess this is why I am in the class??????? Talk to me - and in words that I can understand. Speak my language now..and with practice...my vocab will advance as well.
I am there with you Chris, I'm hoping I didn't jump in the deep in head first. Wading into the water is more comfortable for me. At least we are there to help each other.
ReplyDeleteA technical point. There is only one "post" on this thread. it's at the top.
ReplyDeleteChris's ideas about instructional design are a "comment" on that post and, as such, disappear when people read only the main feed.
That's probably why it truncated.