Mod 8: Reflecting on the final project

It is a beautiful sunny Sunday. Here I am sitting in this chair fuming. I want to be outside or going to the store to get the supplies I need. I reflected on the project I need to turn in on Tuesday, most of the week for hours. The most difficult part of this project was writing learning objectives and asking myself if they could be measured with the rubric I had created. I still don’t know and probably will not, until I use it in a real class. I do know I will have to rethink most of what I have presented when setting up the course in a Learning Management System.

The second part of all this was thinking how to put the information into the forum I want to hand in electronically to the instructor. Seeing what I had started in the first few courses, I feel deep humiliation. I see how truly naive I was. Even worse, I see what a novice I am! If I had some of the knowledge I have now, I could have done a far better job of constructing the course. I have learned so much; but still wish I had a magic ball to peer into. Every step of the process is going to be difficult and though provoking. The real challenge will be collecting and putting the information into a learning system staying true to the big idea and course objectives.

The worst part of all this is, the certification process is only for one year or four courses. I would have liked as much time as it takes to get a Associate degree. We have only begun the process of putting a course on-line. I am not the only person in the class that finds one summer quarter is not quite enough time to learn all there is to learn, with guidance. I guess even self-directed learning might not get me past this obstacle to learning.

I sit on this computer chair and can hear Jen’s (Essentials of eLearning instructor) comment, “…have fun!” She said this to us at our last class meeting, when she knew we were going to take the assessment course. I figured the way she said it, this course would be a challenge. Well, little did I know! I think I have put more thought into the course then I have put into anything, since I was in my doctoral program. My brain is smoking!!

The video says it all…music soothes the savage beast!  I been thinking about something! It is the chorus I like…”I been thinking bout somethin.”