Week 7 Reflection

I worked on putting content into the LMS. We decided to have it all put in by Sunday. I have one more module to complete. I can’t believe that we are more than half way through this project. This part is important because we have to be sure that we have the information in that was discussed at our focus group. When I was in Dr. Tamim’s class, this was one of the most time consuming parts of the project. Of course, I was doing it alone. I have group and it seems to go a little faster. I have decided that for loading the information in the course I would do the instruction first, and then move to the overview.

 I think things are going well. I tried to be mindful of cognitive load when developing the course. I did not want to put too much information in, but there is a lot of information that needs to be covered. The next thing is for Tod to create summary videos, so I am finishing my content up tonight.

Week 6 reflection

This week I worked on gathering material for adding content to our course. The focus group was helpful when thinking about what should be included and weeding out some things that may not be a useful. I have also been reading about the formative evaluation process. That will be happening after spring break, and I want to be sure I understand what needs to be done to make the process go well. Dr. Weaver said that she could assist in getting volunteers to help with the course. We will meet as a group to discuss how much should one person complete. We all agree that it would be too much to ask one person to complete the whole course. I did meet my goals this week; though we were a little late getting the project plan done. When working on content development before, I was working independently. So I did not think about things like uniformity. We have to make all the parts look cohesive, and not like three different people worked on it. So now we have to talk about formatting, fonts, etc. I see the need for a WBS because sometimes we don’t always have who will do what worked out, and now having a WBS that we can refer to helps out tremendously. This week, we will meet and pound out the content. We will do this for the next two weeks. Then we will begin the formative evaluation process.

Week 5 Reflection

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This week our team had a focus group.  We met as a team to decide what we would discuss.  We determined which topics would be covered in our seven module course. This is important because the subject matter experts gave input about the topics that will be covered. Since the SME were from different colleges, we were able to get a range of input so that I course would better suit each school.

I have never been a part of a focus group, and I didn’t quit know what to expect.  The SME gave good ideas. Some of the SME were graduate students so we were able to get things added that they said would have been helpful to them when they first started.

We are moving forward and setting deadlines for having the course developed. We want to leave plenty of time to complete our formal assessment. The focus group went well.  I was most proud of the notes that we took.  We also got helpful links from one of the GTAs.

Now I will type the notes and present them at our next team meeting on Monday.  This will help us to refine our outline and assign modules to develop.