[WEEK 8] REFLECTION ON MAJOR PROJECT

I'm glad that we had time to meet with Dr. Glazewski and Dr. Leftwich. Although our group spent lots of time discussing our purpose, objectives and content for our major project, there are still many aspects/fundamental elements of instructional design that we didn't consider. After talking to Dr. G and Dr. L, I realized that the most important things that we should keep in mind throughout the whole designing process are "what is the purpose of the instructional design?", "What are the design objectives as well as the objectives for audience?", also, "what are the values and meanings for audience after they learn from the instruction?" I believe that once designers can easily and clearly answer these question, the design process would be a lot smoother and the design product would be useful and meaningful to learners.

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Tagxedo - Week 8

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[WEEK 6] PROGRESS / REFLECTION ON MAJOR PROJECT

This week, F.Y.I team has discussed and developed the major project proposal. F.Y.I decided to design and create a Webquest for W200 preservice teachers. Our team would like to use Webquest to convey the knowledge and skills regarding what Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are and how to use it from the aspects of teachers' professional development and integrating multiple learning resources in teaching. During the process of discussion and development, I realized that it's not enough to just have so many instructional design ideas, but an instructional designer should scrutinize your ideas and delve further into what information should be presented in what ways to most benefit your audience. Two weeks ago, we were talking about how to motivate your audience in different ways you convey your ideas. I found it is not that easy to design something interesting enough and meaningful enough to get your audience's attention and motivation. Another issue we've been discussed about is to make all the information and design look relevant and connected. I feel like it could be helpful to clear my thoughts by pretending I was in the role of my audience and think about what I would want to learn in what ways that were interesting and valuable for me. Our group got some ideas to create something interactive on our webquest, but we are not sure if we can make it happen regarding our technical skills. Hope we can get as much feedback on our project proposal from peers and instructors.

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Week 6 - Tagxedo

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KNOWLEDGE MAP FOR MAJOR PROJECT

Instructional Design Team: F.Y.I - Facilitate Your Ideation

Major Project: Professional Learning Networks Webquest

Assignment: Knowledge Map

F.Y.I  Instructional Design Team - Major Project - Knowledge Map