I ordered my book, still don’t see the class in Blackboard. It’s going to be a great class — I can’t wait.
Two colleagues and I are creating an learning 2.0 entry for my company’s Innovation Conference. Innovation is not just for engineers!!!
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Working on my portfolio
For now I am just making the required pages, and gathering the requirements. I have to figure out how I want to display things. Also, since alot of what I have done I have done for work, I need to get the OK to post it here.
Classes start in one week, I should probably buy my book. I am completely certain I won’t be able to get in due to some weird database merge at FSU (having to do with the fact that I was a University employee when I was an undergrad – it’s annoying). Maybe they fixed it this semester, and I won’t spend three weeks getting dropped from the class.
I doubt it though.
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Grades are in
I got an A in both classes. I made two dumb, dumb mistakes in one of my final papers. I hate that. But I still got an A.
Yay! I still have my 4.0. I know as an educator I should be concerned with more than grades. However, I know how much I have learned this semester (a lot!!). I am still tickled I have a 4.0.
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What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional?
Since finals are over, I thought I would take the opportunity to participate in question of the month on The Learning Circuits Blog.
I’d like to understand my audiences better. I’d like to be able to spend more time on creating content. I’d like to find ways to harness all the informal learning that happens around my company.
Coursework this semester (Spring 08)
- Introduction to Instructional Systems
This course has helped me understand my department at work in much greater detail. We definitely use a system approach to designing instruction. The assignments in this course have forced me to do to a deep-dive on our processes and procedures.
Artifacts from this class include:- A system description of the department I am in at work
- A needs assessment plan for a non-profit I volunteer with
- A job task analysis for one of the audiences for which I write training
- A process model to address a needs gap in the department I work in (this one is still in progress).
- Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology
This course has focused on tools used to create instructional design. This has been an interesting course that has dovetailed nicely with my job as well. I have been able to explore social media as an ID tool, and have been sharing that information with people at work.
Artifacts from this class include:- A research paper on using social media for corporate education – Using Social Networking to Enhance Learning in a Corporate Environment
- A paper showing how to use recent trends to solve a performance issue (I am planning on using the same problem I use for the other final paper, and I think informal learning may be a part of it).
I am happy this semester is almost over, and that I will only be taking one class in the summer. Just putting on paper some of the things I have accomplished seems a little crazy when I think of what I have been able to accomplish at work. I am so glad I am only taking one class next week!
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