Week 10 reflection

 I was the lead evaluator, and was responsible for the formative evaluation of our model.  The first week, I schedule the Subject Matter Experts and started the one to ones. This was important because we needed to make sure that what we have put in the modules was accurate.  I got some interesting feedback.  Some of the sections are a little text heavy and we needed to find more videos that modeled more teaching strategies.  I was given a list of possible strategies to include.  When I did the formative evaluation before, I only had one sme and she did the whole unit.  This time I scheduled three and they each had an introduction module plus two others.  So some of the feedback I got included suggestions that were already present in other modules. In order to keep up with who was doing what, I created a table of testers and which section they would be responsible for testing.  The first SME was unable to take the quizzes because we had them set to only open when the first quiz was passed.  We opened them up so the others were able to take the quizzes. Next week I will finish my one to one and have a small group of three people.  

Week 9 reflection

This week I worked on the formative evaluation plan. This is an important part of the instructional design process. I get to test the product that we develop to see if it is ready to go into the field. I spent some time reading other evaluation plans. When I did this before, I broke each step down and worked on them weekly. I did my subject matter expert evaluation, revised and then reported my results. I did the same for my one to one and small group evaluations. This time the evaluation is more reflective of real world practice because I am writing my plan up with each step in mind, and then following it rather than by piecemeal. However, going through the process previously has helped me to better understand what is expected during the same process this time. The strategies I used were effective for this assignment. While writing the forms that I would use during the evaluation, I went back to make sure that I had included the components in the course. I tried hard to keep to deadlines, but when working in a group that does not always happen. But my group is getting better about following a plan. I think I covered all that I need to be sure that our module is going to be effective. I am learning how all the parts are working together – making a plan, breaking down the tasks, and working through the design process. So over the next week we will implement our evaluation plan, and modify as needed as we go.

Week 8 Reflection

I worked on the instructional strategy this week. Unfortunately, I did not finish it in time for Tod to get a video put up by Sunday at 11:59. I was in a lot of pain from my back, so it was hard to focus for more than a few minutes at a time. This was an important task because it lists the strategies we will take to build our content. It was a little tricky for me because we had already begun building our content so I wondered if we were going to have to make some changes. When working in MRKK, I did preinstructional strategies and set strategies for each goal. Also, I thought about my audience and getting their attention as in strategies in Gagne’s nine steps. Eventually, I was able to complete the task to my group members’ satisfaction. During this process, I learned more about strategies and learning theories. This will be helpful this summer when I design other instruction. Next week we will continue to work on our treatment report. Claire was able to get all the components in, we will spend the week tweaking it.