Week 4 Reflection

This week we worked on the analysis report. I am responsible for posting an overview in the Google community. I worked on the performance and the learning context. I also went back and reread those sections in the Dick and Carey book. Our group agreed to have the analysis first draft completed on Friday and edit it on Saturday and post the finished report on Sunday to our Google doc.

 We also discussed the seven module topics that will be added to our course shell. Claire added that on Friday, and we will divide the sections at our next meeting this Sunday evening. We have also sent out invitation for our SME to participate in a focus group. I am responsible for collecting data from the focus group and reporting what we need to tweek on our course.

I think we have gotten off to a slow start, but are steady gaining momentum. We will complete a WBS this week as well. This week I spent time trying to make sure I understand what my role is in this group dynamic. I am the lead evaluator, so I know that most of what I will do will come later. When I wrote an analysis before, I followed the MRKK model and there are some slight differences. But for the most part the main components are there. I worked on a goal and learner analysis when working on my individual project.

 I am seeing a pattern in what we are doing. I see that we must document everything. Because even though we may know what we want to do and anticipate problems, we have to have documentation to support the work we are doing. The SME and other stakeholder know that their money and time is not being wasted. I think I am doing better than I did last week. My understanding of my roles and responsibility is becoming clearer. I have been asking questions to be sure I am on the right track. 

This week I plan to work on the course shell. I am reading the sites and handbooks that we already have. After we speak with the SME, we will begin working on the course. I am wondering if I should send out some form of questionnaire before the focus group meeting or wait until everyone is there. 


This week: Read Dick and Carey Discussed and planned focus group meeting with the project manager Worked on the analysis report Met with my group to provide updates and get more assignments for next week

 Next Week: The project manager and I will conduct a focus group I will collect data to report in our weekly meeting Be assigned sections of the course to the develop Complete assigned reading

Week 3 Reflection

I worked with my group to complete the project charter and completed assigned reading. We set a deadline to have the first draft done before the weekend so that our project manager could make any needed changes before we put it up on the website. This task was an important part of the initial process. We met as a group to be sure we were all on the same page as to the content that would be be included in the charter. I have never done a project charter before. I think it is a good way to get and keep us focused and organized. I can use this on projects that I have moving forward. Some parts of what we did will help set the tone for moving forward. I think I am doing well keeping up with the tasks that I have been assigned. I am going to begin working on the evaluation section this week and completing a screencast.

Week 2 Reflection

This week I read and posted a summary in google community. Our group got communication from our SME. It was all done on time.? I think the reading (WBS) that I did was important for us moving forward on next week’s assignment. I did not set any goals for this week except to meet the deadline of reading and posting. I think the ball will get rolling now that we will have the project charter due. I understand the parts of the assignment and how they connect. I am nervous about meeting the deadline and doing a good job working with my team. When I went through this process before, it was an individual, and I did not go into such details because it was hypothetical. I can definitely use this again when I am out in the real world working in my field. I will be doing the evaluations and I pulled out the summative evaluation that I did in a previous class to refresh my memory. I think that having experience in the evaluation process will help me with this project. I think I will have more of a reflection next week when I have done more than read and post in the community. The reading has been helpful and I think that it will make the process easier. I am glad that I am in a group, but I am nervous about doing my share of the work. Time management will be important as we move through this process. I think that managing my times and setting reasonable deadlines for myself will be useful. My team and I will meet on Monday to discuss how we will proceed with the project charter. I am excited to moving forward, but nervous about my ability to do my part.

Taking the First Steps

Part I

This week was all about setting up blogs, websites, posts, and reading getting started chapters. I have accomplished all of it. Reading chapters 1-3 took the longest amount of time. I read for 3.5 hours which included posts from others, content pages in ecourseware. I Spent 15 minutes watching videos, and about 30 minutes writing responses in the community. I am the lead evaluator. I will primarily oversee the needs analysis and formative evaluation of the eLearning product. This week I spent a lot of time reading.

 Part II

I read assigned chapters as well as information posted in Google community by team awesome. This was important because I am setting the ground work for the project that is ahead. I understand how this connects. Initiating the project is an important first step in which the ground work is laid and roles and responsibilities are established. I have never done anything like this before in that I have not had a real client. I have gone through the instructional design process before with a hypothetical client. But I did not do a project initiation. I understand that I am making the first steps in a project management process. I know that I will be refining as I go along. I think I did okay on the assignment. I really did not have much to do other than read. I connected with my team members as well. I think that is important. I was worried about how we were going to work with a team member being a distant student. But I realize that this is done all the time because there are a lot of companies who have employees that work remotely. I have learned that we have to have established roles and responsibilities and carry them. We have to stay connected through email, video conference and phone. We have assigned roles, so we will move into next weeks assignment ready with set dates and meeting times.