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.
Well, I wasn't sure what to reflect on today, so I thought I would write up a few thoughts regarding my final project. I'm feeling very unclear about what my final project should be. I've written up some of a draft of the needs analysis, learner analysis, etc. but I am sort of feeling as thoughh what I'm trying to do is a bit vague. I want to go through the ID process to analyze the success of the website I developed in the last class, but now I am starting to think that I should maybe focus on adding a specific component to the website, and what that might be- rather than trying to analyze the whole thing (which in truth has some learner oriented modules, but also is used as an information site). Well, I guess going through this process has been helpful since I feel as though my project is getting more defined as I work through somet things. I'll just have to revisit the stuff I've written so far...