Lara Roy's CI5336 Blog

Final Blog Entry

I'm using my final blog entry to reflect on my final project progress. I've really enjoyed the process of applying Instructional Design methodology to a project that I will use for work. One of the things I'm interested in doing is to take a hard look at the tour guide training course that I teach each year, and think about how that course could be refined and revised based on Instructional Design. I think this is a topic that I could also present at conferences since I know its something that other museum professionals are not doing. At the same time, the process of putting together the website for my final project presentation has been just so fun and satisfying, it definitely makes me think that I would like to be able to do more of that kind of designing in my work. This course has taught me alot, especially through the case studies and these presentations at the end of the class. The real world aspect is what I think is so valuable. In other words, what exactly do Instructional Designers do? Rather than a heavy focus on theory.