I now have a better understanding of what an instructional designer does. As we have been going through the process of creating our instructional projects, I can see the importance of each step. During both the analysis and design process, we really were getting down to some of the silliest questions. Then we had to decide if those silly questions were all that silly. We had a lot of second guessing going on. Now, I know that our instruction probably wasn’t perfect, but I feel a lot better about it after doing all the work to get it ready. I actually think that I could do another project successfully.
I also see why it is best to work in a group. By myself, I don’t think that I could have come up with all the ideas that we were all throwing out and contributing. Each member brought strengths to the table that made the process manageable.
Posted by Denice on December 15, 2009 at 6:09 am
I think that’s a pretty inclusive list of what an Instructional Designer does. I’m glad to know it’s not just me that feels like I’m just running from one thing to the next all of the time too! Here’s hoping we can all put what we’ve learned to good use in the future!!
Btw, the UEN page with links is at http://www.uen.org/core/ You will see a bunch of topics, and under those are grade levels. Click on a grade level for core concepts and buttons with links.