As an intern working on the annotation of a species’ genome, I realized that the amount of invaluable knowledge being generated by such a project was colossal. The knowledge obtained from this species’ annotation could be used in other related genomes and sometimes in drug discovery as well. However, there was no structured way for sharing this knowledge among the [...]
Understanding and utilizing Subject Matter Experts (SME) is vital to the creation of online instruction. SMEs are valuable informants for task analyses, and their experience can provide teams with the necessary domain knowledge to assist in the instructional process, as well as assemble and organize the content (Alessi & Trollip, 2001). Although the SME is not the enemy, they can [...]
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As I watched on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory’s Dr. Sheldon Cooper teach a class on *insert highly intellectual physics topic here* to undergraduate students, my mind began to wonder. What has this self-acclaimed insanely intelligent professor/scientist taught us? Yes, of course, I have learned much about Star Wars conventions, Whil Wheaton, and a comic book lover’s life, but what [...]
After reading Siemens’ “Questions I’m no Longer Asking,” I spent the next week pondering my own questions from the entrance of my instructional design and technology program. For example, walking into class the first night, I was looking for the girl named ADDIE. (Obviously, I didn’t find her.) Since then, I have found answers to these questions. A few of [...]
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In the past week, I’ve had two really nice (and fun) things happen to me professionally, and I wanted to share them with you guys, too. MOBL21 Interview First, the super-engaging folks at MOBL21 conducted an interview with me on how I’ve been doing mobile learning and mobile learning research over the past year or so. It was a fun [...]
Continuing with our IDT 7095/8095: Developing Interactive Learning Environments II course, we are exploring different instructional design models. We first started with the classification scheme by Branch and Gustafson in a short overview created by Suha Tamim. Then we examined some of the seminal instructional design texts. This module gave us a feel for the variety of different types of [...]
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A couple of days ago, our IDT 7095/8095: Developing Interactive Learning Environments II course began exploring different instructional design models. We first started with the classification scheme by Branch and Gustafson in a short overview created by Suha Tamim. Part 2: Instructional Design Texts First, view this interactive module on seminal instructional design texts. This module was created by graduate [...]
