Professional Documents
Culture Documents
student and the instructor confirmation of understanding. Students can then use the
results to remediate any area they were weak in.
6. Describe the results of your usability test and any changes you made to your
product based on the feedback you received
The feedback from the usability test indicated that I may have been too conservative with
my use of images and color making my RLO plain and perhaps less interesting. I added
some color to the background of each page and some Blackboard images. I believe it made
my RLO look better and more appealing.
I also had several typos in my project that I have since corrected
I also made adjustments to my buttons in the assessment piece so that the Submit Button
comes before the Next button to match what is stated in the question instructions.
7. New insights into competencies for instructional designers
I realized that Instructional Designers need to be like the conductor in an orchestra.
Even if we play all the instruments we need to have a score that we follow so we do
not hit a sour note or miss a beat. The design is critical to the success of the project.
More than just the design, the Designer must have at least a familiarity of many areas of
the process. A knowledge of varied and complex technologies and learning strategies,
graphic design, project planning, the ability to manage coordination and cooperation
between departments are critical skills to be a successful ID.
Many of us work in one person teams. We are the ID department! We must take on the
responsibility to gain as many of the skills mentioned above so that we can best serve our
clients.
I will also seek out faculty who I think would be open to working with me to design some
CBT modules for their courses. It could improve the quality of all of our courses at GCC.
In addition to faculty I am going to suggest that we create professional development training
for staff. Training for customer service skills, emergency procedures, and many other topics
relevant to all staff could easily be delivered to their desktops with CBT.
What were the most valuable concepts/ ideas gained during the course?
I realized that creating good computer based training takes more time than I was once
thought. The ability to take a concept,
What was the most valuable, most fun, or most interesting activity during the
course?
The most fun for me was also the most challenging. I deci
the three phases of development for the sake of expediency is a recipe for poorly designed
ineffective training. I need to convince the decision makers.
Where will you go to answer these questions/concerns?
I already belong to several ID groups on LinkedIn and follow ID leaders on Twitter. There
are many online resources available. The fellow students in this course will be a great
resource upon completion of the program. Any dialog with someone in the trenches is good.
If we as a group continue to communicate and share ideas and experiences we all benefit.