Edt 6110 Reflection Paper

In this paper I’m going to write a reflection about EDIT 6110 - Advanced Instructional Design course I just completed. For the past eight weeks, I have taken the instructional training on how to create a successful blog, we created in our previous course and use the outline that my team of students developed, and I revised it to better suit the diverse group of students who volunteer to participate in the implementation. I had the privilege and opportunity of seeing teachers benefit and learn a new tool from my design, and the frustration of seeing technical challenges during and after implementation.

The eight weeks of EIDT 6110-3 have been both informative, challenging, and ultimately a great learning experience. The biggest challenge I encounter in this course was the development and implementation of my instructional training module, on How to

create a successful blog, and trying to figure out how to present the instructional materials to my learners. After much deliberation and research I decided to use a new free platform name “OpenLearning”. I took advantage of the opportunity to learn and explore new tools and software application through trial version of different programs, and I also utilized various support resources when I come across questions and unexpected barriers, especially when it came time to publish the module. The most beneficial resources I found were prezi, screencastomatic, jinger, and YouTube. Another challenge I faced was with the pre and post-test due to broken links and getting fix in time to have everyone complete it before and after they completed the instructional training. In efforts to be able to resolve any technical issues or to conduct a formative assessment I was present in the course and became engaged with the students through discussion boards and praise students for their efforts and collaboration.
What insights did you gain about the field of instructional design, the ID process, or the issues and challenges an instructional designer faces on a daily basis?
It gave me better understanding of the ID process and the time and effort it is required to complete each process of the ADDIE model. I learned that as an ID your role doesn’t end after implementation. That your design would need to be constantly revised, modified and re-evaluated many times and that you will not have a perfect design the first time around. I also learned that implementation is one of the most nerve wracking part of the process because other people will be judging your work and you are constantly concerned or worry that something will not go as planned.
What did you learn about the different skills and dispositions that an instructional designer must possess to successfully deal with the common issues and challenges faced in their daily work?
An instructional designer needs to be flexible and with an open disposition to make adjustment and changes when necessary. Also the ID needs to be mindful of the different learning styles and consider their motivation cause of resistance and prior knowledge. Because a good designed and instruction empowers people to adopt what they learn into their thought processes.
How will you apply what you learned in this course to future ID projects?
In this course I have learned to align the implementation plan directly to the goals and objective.

I also learned that is important to do a test run through different browser is using a LMS platform. To be ready and prepared to correct any technical issues within the instructional training and that designing a course will not be perfect the first time is has been design developed or implemented. I also learned that how important it is to know your learner and the skills they possess in order to align the instructions to their skills and knowledge. I learned so much from the case study and from our course discussion that I think all of them I will be able to use in the future when designing instructional modules. I will be systematic in my planning. I will take the time to follow the ADDIE model to ensure I follow each step and I will make sure to consider the needs, strengths and weaknesses of my learners as much as the planning of the course content. I’ll consider whether the problems I am required to solve are truly instructional problems, or will another kind of change or approach would solve the problem at

hand.