The night before

Thanks for stopping by my blog for detailing my journey through the Principles & Practices of Online Course Creation & Instructional Design Course. Boy, that's a mouthful. It's 1:30am the night before the first class, I have just finished the required readings and reviewed the revised syllabus. My first reactions to the readings were:

1. I need to brush up on pedagogical theory.
2. It sounded like Web 2.0 hype was still very new when the texts were written (I think in a large part the Web 2.0 has already been assimilated in many domains.
3. What the heck is an Advance Organizer? http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Advance_organizers (I think I will try KWL in my next class!)
4. The texts seemed to be very precursory, I hope we go into a little more detail in class.

I suppose now is the time for me to list some of my needs and expectations for the class. I am sure I will revise them as we go along.

1. I want to learn easy ways to facilitate online collaboration
2. I want to learn online evaluation techniques in the absence of an LMS
3. I want to identify technologies and software that I need to learn in order to advance my career in Training
4. I need to learn the specifics of ID as it pertains to the online world
5. I want to know what SCORM is and how to design SCORM compliant materials
6. I want to be able to add items to this list for future (or current) study that I am currently unaware or ignorant of.

Here is a list of the concerns that I bring to the class. By mentioning them of the bat, I hope I will be able to manage them and not let them get in the way of my success. (I'm really into making lists tonight!)

1. My schedule: I have many commitments and I hope I will be able to manage my time
2. My lack of experience in e-learning: I hope I will find enough material to make this class relevant.
3. My limited experience in curriculum design: same as above
4. My limited exposure to the corporate training world: same as above
5. I guess I have to get over my feeling of "impostorship" (for those who read The Skillful Teacher by Brookfield, you know what I mean)

Well, that's all for tonight. I look forward to class tomorrow, and hope I can jump in at 7:30 sharp.