Final Post

What I learned...

I learned more about web 2.0 tools and how they are being used in all kinds of fields. I also got some practive building a wiki site in webpaint.

I learned much more about my coworker and the depth of possibilities of careers in elearning.

I learned how to prepare a leadership proposal. I had never done one before, but I anticipate co-authoring one in about 6 months (so just in time).

I re-learned APA style. It had really been a while!

Thanks,
Jessica

Week 4:Learning 3 P Model Article

This article was really interesting for me as a general overview of the perfect world model of development through delivery and maintenance. This might really help educate someone on the volume of work and input it takes to deliver a stellar product. He mentions that sometimes "roles and responsibilities will overlap" and I would have to say that is a vast understatement of what happens in my experience.

I love the tables! I love visuals and they really do help illustrate the points. Way to know your audience!

I have no experience with the marketing stage (formally at least). It is an interesting idea that taking an encompassing approach might really help the effectively of the training.

After reading a few of ya'lls posts, I wanted to come back and add what I posted on a few blogs... wouldnt this be an excellent tool to help "sell" someone in managment to justify development dollars? Especially if that person has the perception that most people outside the trade have... that it is easy. crazy!

Week 3 Blog Article

I can honestly say that I truly have trouble consistently writing in a blog and it has nothing to do with the ease of the technology. I just don't have that yearn to electronically put myself out there. This is/has been the most challenging part of this program for me. I admit that I would not be reliable or expansive in my posts if there was not a grad behind it, just like the students in this study.

Blogging makes me miss the live classroom where ideas are crafted and shared and refined in real time. Blogging requires patience I don't have. I also think it requires the nerve to put yourself out into the big world of strangers without the ability to control who sees it and what kind of response you might get.

I also wonder how much of my reluctence can be attributed to my generation and personal immediate influences, none of which are at all computer savy. I still have friends and family that dont have email or internet access.

In reading this article, I really found myself thinking most about myself and blogging and very little about using a blog as an instructor. I think I might be a bit in the minority in my aversion to blogging, and that I should really consider it seriously as a way to get my students to interact.

Corporate environments I have been a part of are not very open to the blog... too much freedom of opionion and chance for negative attitudes to spread. Rightfully so, as it is always the crankiest employees that participate in any opportunity to sound off. That is a whole other bunch of bananas though...

My Other Elearning Blog!

http://jessicasideationblog.blogspot.com/

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