Share your thoughts and ideas about the e-learning initiative you are developing. Have you selected a topic yet, and if so, what is it and why did you choose this particular initiative? What knowledge or skills do you bring to designing the initiative? If you haven't selected an initiative, what are you considering? Do you need assistance with identifying a topic or narrowing your focus?
Are there any other areas of the course where you need assistance or feedback?
Hi Donna!
Here is my first reflection for the Instructional Design course.
E-learning initiative topic:
The topic I have selected is a carry over from my Adult Learning Certificate internship. For that internship I conducted a workshop where I taught adjunct faculty members at the graduate school I work for many new and interesting techniques/strategies (web 2.0 tools, quick assessments, and reciprocal teaching concepts) to engage their students in the f2f classroom. Many instructors wanted to participate but getting to our Washington, DC campus where I taught the training was a challenge because like many adults, our instructors stretch themselves thin every night of the week. Some of them wondered if the training would be held on the web, and if it was they would be happy to attend in that format. So I saved that thought and will now be taking that f2f training and running it in Adobe Connect. I am excited to do it! I do not think many of them have used Adobe Connect before, or if they have experience with Adobe Connect it is likely they were only listening to a webcast and not actively using all the features of Adobe Connect. I felt confident giving the f2f training because I had just finished the course work for the Adult Learning Certificate, and I got a lot of positive feedback from our faculty who attended. By the time I deliver this initiative, I will have completed the Online Teaching and Learning Certificate. I am also familiar with Adobe Connect because I use it at work. I see a great need for more of these types of trainings in my workplace because our f2f instructors our subject matter experts but get little, if any training on how to teach effectively. We do have an excellent Instructional Resource Center in my workplace but all of their resources and time revolves around training our online faculty. In addition, when I look over our student evaluations, students consistently comment that they crave engaging f2f classrooms. They get very frustrated when they pay such a high tuition rate and sometimes only receive power point lectures from our instructors.
Question:
I am concerned about the short length of this initiative though, it will probably be only 1 hour in length. I am wondering if that is sufficient for the assignment.
Comment:
This is my first online class and I've had a pleasant experience so far. I still feel like I do not know my classmates that well, but that will come in time. I see how working in an online team provides a social experience to the class because I do know my teammates moderately well at this point.
Thanks for your feedback!
by the way: my co-worker Michelle Mentzer says hi!
