Reflection 2

So I'm starting this relfection a little early because I am going away to Atlantic City for the weekend.

So I'm supposed to be reflecting on the analysis phase of the Instructional design process. Where to begin:

I started off with what I thought to be a very good idea and had lots of information, but it turns out, I didn't :( After shedding a lot of tears and having help from my group. A new topic was decided upon and I kind of took off with it. I think the things that have helped me the most is being able to see examples of what we are supposed to have done in Blackboard. Seeing what a finished product looks like enables me to have a goal of what my finished product should look like. I then try to complete my project to the best of my ability. Usually this ends up with me crying because I am such a perfectionist, and doing something Instructional Design is completely overwhelming. Slowly I'm surviving and hopefully by the end of the 6 weeks I'll be thriving. (As I am writing this it is halfway through the second summer session, time flies doesn't it?)

Another thing that seems to help me is the fact that we all post our stuff on Blackboard, and then we have the ability to see each others work. I think that it really helps cause we can all gauge where we stand as a class. Also seeing someone else's work might give you an idea for a question that you might not have thought of but would be very beneficial to your project.

The whole working in groups can be a little frustrating at times just because I really don't like working in groups, sitting in a corner all by myself and working on something till I get it right, is more my style. But being in the groups has helped me though. Having other people check my grammar and sentence structure is a big help because there are a lot of times where in my mind it sounds perfectly fine but it's not or I might be thinking it's coming across a certain way and it's not.

After I had completed Design Document 1, it is kind of neat to see how far I've come in such a short amount of time. I actually have a topic that I am very interested in, and I think it shows. (Yes I am a huge roller coaster junkie, just ask me about a coaster and I could ramble forever).

I guess seeing this whole process is kind of cool, but it also seems a little backwards for this class. To start we already know what the outcome is going to be, but in the real world we really wouldn't know too much about what we are training about.

Well, I guess this sums up reflection 2

Peace, love, happiness, and music:

Nicole

Testing 1,2,3

Testing 1,2,3...

First Reflection...

Looking at the syllabus, I feel extremely overwhelmed. Part of me just wants to cry. But in the end I know everything will be OK.

Haven't done any reading yet, still trying to learn Blackboard, I never had to use it until now not quite sure how to use it.

Edit @ 5:00 PM

Expectations for Instructional Design
- Well I'm not all exactly sure what to expect. I know there will be a lot of work, hopefully I will be learning a lot from this class.
-I think one thing I am looking forward to is understanding more of what was shown to us when I went on the CAC trip to Pittsburgh and visited PNC bank. There was a lot of talk about pretty much everything that goes on in Instructional Design. At times I felt like "why am I here?" I have no idea what they are talking about. But hopefully by August 19 I will understand everything in great detail.
-Still don't know what I want to do for my project, hopefully an idea will come to me, and hopefully I'll be able to produce something that is really good.
-As stated earlier I really don't know what to expect, but I already know that I am overwhelmed with what is to come

I actually did figure out a little bit more with blackboard. It's a lot of pressing buttons and what not but I think I got everything accomplished that I needed to get done.

Peace, Love, Happiness, and Music,

Nicole