Friday, November 14, 2008
My Place in the Field of Instructional Technology
After reviewing the class readings on Trends and Issues in Instructional Design in Various Settings, I find that I am most interested in Instructional Design in the field of Higher Education. In this context, I am probably more drawn to the position of Instructional Designer as a part of a multi-disciplinary Distance Education design/development team. Such a position would readily align itself with my experience in Information Technology as a systems analyst/designer on a business systems development team. Yet, it would, at the same time, engage my passion for structuring an environment to facilitate learning for others, a passion I have pursued in my early days as a classroom teacher and later as I taught or coached co-workers in the business environment. Another position that runs a close second to this in the Higher Education context would be one in Faculty Development. Not that I feel a need to teach anyone how to teach, but, as a proponent of incorporating technology and media into the design/development /delivery of quality instruction, I would welcome an opportunity to assist others (in this case, faculty) in understanding and embracing Instructional Design principles and in putting them to practice in their own instructional settings.
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Cheryl, I don't know how many times my teaching co-workers have asked me to show them how to do something with technology that they didn't want to figure out on their own! I feel there is a need for training for the people we work with especially if they are not knowledgeable in instructional design.
I am also interested in faculty development. I agree with Dawn that teachers need to be trained on how to use the technology. The tech facilitator cannot simply do it for them. The teacher and tech facilitator must work together to achieve the goal of using and integrating technology in the classroom.
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