This month’s Big Question from ASTD’s Learning Circuits blog is What did you learn about learning in 2008? I started grad school in the Fall of 2007. So this year I took the following courses: Introduction to Instructional Systems Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (I wrote a couple of papers for this [...]
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Fun with Dick & Carey in the real world
This semester I am taking a class called “Introduction to Instructional Design”. We are stepping through Dick, Carey & Carey’s textbook The Systematic Design of Instruction. The book examines the Dick and Carey model of instruction in detail. Here’s a diagram of that model (click the picture to see a larger version): As with all [...]
Busy! And the start of a new semester
I delivered a beta class last week, and I have been totally consumed with that activity. So sorry about the lack of posting! The fall semester also started last week. This semester I am taking Introduction to Systematic Instructional Design. My organization (Education Services @ EMC) actually does a very good job with this, so [...]
I hosted my first Second Life event tonight
Tonight I hosted a social event for incoming Distance Learning students to the Instructional Systems program at FSU – in Second Life (SL). I worked with a doctorate student to set it all up. We hung out in SL for the last few nights, helping people get ready for the event. Alot of prep went [...]
Lessons I learned from my summer class
If you follow me on twitter, you are probably very well aware of my rough ride in my summer class. So, my final paper has been handed in, and I have been mulling over what I can take away from this experience. This may turn into more than one post, but I think it’s important. [...]

