Practices & Preparation

Reflection and Self-Assessment

Based on the feedback I received, the course I developed was clearly assembled and flowed nicely. I am happy how each slide in the presentation interactively mapped out the various stages and elements of the theory. Also, it extrapolated out the various stages to follow with a more detailed perspective to help the learner establish a deeper understanding of the content. 

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I must admit it was challenging to look for additional resources to give more examples and support the information provided in Jonassen's book. The text is a bit dry, which is why it was effective for the professor to let us select a chapter and develop a lesson. It makes the content easier to engage on bookwidgets. It was a nice learning experience for me to create this presentation. It was my first time and I actually had a hard time figuring out the format "Split Worksheet" just like the example given by the professor. After of almost 2 hours of learning how to upload the video using the format I wanted and creating the first 2 questions, I realized it is just as easy as any other programs/platforms once you get used to it. I think it is because it was my first time and also I was on the last day prior to submitting this tutorial when I started learning it. I found it easier to get detailed analytics on participants performance using bookwidgets. About the sequence question, I tried to make it in the order that step 1 goes at the top and I thought I fixed it, so I should've put more specific directions. I think it is really important for someone to do the knowledge check so I can really see how it looks like on the other end. 

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When attempting to read the text cover to cover, I found that this was a similar process to reading an encyclopedia. I felt like this process of splitting the chapters into separate learning modules provided a more accessible approach to the material. 

Reflection and Self-Assessment

Based on the feedback I received from the peer activity, the model I developed is very clear and the visual and thorough explanation made them feel like they could use the model right away. I am glad that they also liked how I focused on making my model broad enough for multiple audiences, which was my focus when designing it.

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Looking back, I checked and realized that I only put the course delivery format (face-to-face) in the Intended Audience slide, and I did not specifically indicate this in the course information when I was explaining the Model Rationale. I decided to only use paper-based materials because the concept of new learning and teaching strategies is already the innovation part of this model. Modules will be instructor-facilitated, since it is more effective in my experience in language learning and teaching, as well as a more cost-effective option for the company. Although Japan is a technologically advanced country, most Japanese students still prefer to learn in a classroom with the guidance of an instructor. And this is something I added to my report, so I appreciated the feedback I received a lot for making me think about these things!

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For those who are not familiar with all of the acronyms, they valued the explanation and provided visuals for TOEIC and other shortened versions. I decided to combine two models as my inspiration for the design. I pulled some valuable components into my idea, including the many opportunities to stop and gather feedback to support the next phase. 

Reflection and Self-Assessment

This was the first project I created in the program where I designed the slides and recorded myself in presenting this video tutorial. It was nerve-wracking because I actually had to develop a lesson based on my own research, not to mention I had to record myself speaking.

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I learned a lot of digital skills in this course and I discovered a lot of platforms. Elearning is more focused on modules in a digital world. Telepresence allows an individual to feel and directly interact with a real and remote environment as if they were present at one location, experiencing it through a virtual presence. With the evolving technology, instructional designers can assist teachers in the implementation of best practices in distance learning course design and delivery. This technology presents a unique opportunity for instructional designers to understand the key elements that contribute to our sensory perception and experience of an architectural space. They can help instructors create digital learning experiences that keep learners more motivated and to encourage interactive participation.

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The idea of a more advanced video conferencing thrilled me after coming across with this emerging technology. This will increase productivity and save travel costs among wide range of users. It is amazing to imagine that it can be more than having human-sized interactions in a real-time meeting with people in multiple states or even multiple countries.

Reflection and Self-Assessment

Working together with other people for a project is a challenging task in general but luckily, I worked well with my group members. As a group I believe that we connected well on an interpersonal level as all of us were able to make alterations to any problem together. 

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I participated to the fullest with the best of my knowledge that I must cooperate with my team members. I think I had a better understanding of goals that need to be achieved in this project and that all group members should do an equal amount of work for this project to be a success. I was able to attend and arrive on time to all group meetings and be flexible about meeting times. In addition, my group members were great at keeping each other informed if one of us were going to be late in a group meeting. I took initiative in completing parts of the project, listened to others’ ideas, and demonstrated a cooperative and supportive attitude. I contributed ideas to group discussions and followed through with their own tasks and contributed quality work. Since there was an equal division in the amount of work that we all did, it greatly helped that our contributions were fair, and no one was lacking behind.

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Our team had a responsibility in keeping individual commitments to the deadlines allowing more time for compilation, edits, and reviews. I followed through on assigned task, shared work, and responsibility for tasks evenly. 

Reflection and Self-Assessment

When the pandemic started, I began my journey as an online teacher and since then I hoped to create a response system that allows students to explain or show their learning using video. As a foreign language teacher, I had to figure out this new world of distance learning in a very short amount of time. 

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Though not ideal in many ways, I have had to discover new ways to keep language learning moving forward, or at the very least not regressing. I am using this time of reinvention to look into and implement these ideas that I have come across, but have not had the chance to implement.  One of these is  Flip.  This learning tool can easily be integrated in a physical class or remote learning.  It is very simple to integrate with Google Classroom. They represent the technology that learners will be expected to use upon utilizing Flip. It is a great tool for those less socially able students to express their thoughts and feelings with the class during a video session.

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This course, specifically this project, gave me the opportunity to scramble many new knowledge and skills we were learning at the time in this and other courses. I can see that I will be using it regularly to keep students engaged in all of the communication modes. I appreciate the opportunity to learn more about this platform and with the support of my team, we were able to assess this website.