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Week 15 - Blog Reflection

Think about instructional design in general. What have you learned this semester about instructional design and development?
I have learned a lot about instructional design from this course and from my classmates.  I have particularly learned a lot from the posts and comments from other students.  I am always amazed at all the different perspectives in this field.  Seeing other people’s project has had a good impact in the way I design content.  I saw some great work that made me rethink my own work to the point where I started two of my assignments over because my work was of lesser quality.  I also learned that the process can be tedious and at times redundant but you must keep moving forward to meet those deadlines.
What about the process?
The process can become overwhelming and confusing when paired up with the wrong client.  Fortunately for me, this time around, my client was very cleared with me about her needs and what the whole project was about.  Compared to project A, I would say I enjoyed this project more because of the clarity of what my role was in this project and because I got to do more research and was able to be more creative.  Another part of the process I really enjoy is looking for a solution to the problem.  To me, this is the part where I got to learn the most, by researching new products that I have no experience with. 
Also, what did you learn from the Evaluation of the product? What would you do differently next time? How much did you learn from the process and evaluation that will make you a better future instructional designer?
Although my client and I decided to go Blackboard ePortfolio, there are some issues with this product which are a bit annoying, considering this is not a cheap application.  But having said that, I don’t think there is another product that would have worked for us.  I do think that electronic portfolios have a long way to go.  Although I would have liked to suggest the students use a blog, some of the content in their ePortfolio has patient information therefor it didn’t work for us. 

If I were to do this project again, I would have liked to have worked with a partner on something other than dentistry.  I would have liked to have worked with someone else putting together corporate training material. I have never done any instructional material or training outside of an educational setting, so it would have been great for me if we had been paired up with someone else outside our current field.  If I were to suggest a change in this class, is that I wish UNT had connections with schools and corporations where students in this program could be matched with prospective clients.  I think this would have been well received by other students.    

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