I have not had experience with blogs; actually to me blogs were tools for journalist and activist. Not until I explored Instructional design blogs and discovered a wealth of resources in this blogs. In this article, I will present three blogs that I found useful for my school work and work. The blogs sites are ‘Instructional design and Development Blog’ http://www.iddblog.org,’ Learning through play and technology’ ‘http://hapaziz.wordpress.com, and ‘Instructional Design, eLearning Solutions’ http://designinstructions.wordpress.com
This blogs will be very useful to my learning and application to the workplace. One major benefit I have established with this blogs is that the articles are posted by professional’s who have hands on experience in the field of instructional design. By reading the posts, you get ideas and suggestions of what work, and what has not worked in different environments. Besides, I will be able to get first hand outcome of research and studies in the field of instructional design.
The information I will get in this blogs range from instructional design principles such as ADDIE model http://designinstructions.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/addie/. A post by Karen Mahon http://karenmahon.com/2012/06/29/top-10-elearning-design-principles-compared/ illustrates tem principles of instructional design. With these discussions, am able to connect with practitioners and link the learning to the practice in my work place.
In an article, Helping Digital Immigrants Feel at home, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InstructionalDesignAndDevelopmentBlog/~3/bDcgFKbpFDE/, Daniel Stanford, analyzes some measures an instructional designer can take to ensure that the digital immigrants are able to access the online training effectively. The suggestions are useful to me as an instructional designer who works in an environment that ICT in education is not fully integrated.
The post in blogs gives hands on experience on what happens in various work environment, a post by Josh Lund titled Course Design: Behind the Curtain, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InstructionalDesignAndDevelopmentBlog/~3/u65ZsX_axEs/ in an example of experiences the instructional designers go through while designing a course behind the curtain. Some other important post I have read in this sites include, content that relate to Mobile learning, creating engaging multimedia for eLearning as well as creating avatar for eLearning.
Although most f this blogs are specifics to different environment and operations, one is able to expound on the underlying theories and the possibility of replication in different setting. They bring to the pool of knowledge the experiences from this settings and this contribute to the development of sound and proven practices.
In conclusion as an upcoming professional in the field of instructional design, I have found this blogs as resourceful and enriching to my studies and workplace. I will surely continue to read the blogs and contribute to this pool of knowledge in my professional development
This blogs will be very useful to my learning and application to the workplace. One major benefit I have established with this blogs is that the articles are posted by professional’s who have hands on experience in the field of instructional design. By reading the posts, you get ideas and suggestions of what work, and what has not worked in different environments. Besides, I will be able to get first hand outcome of research and studies in the field of instructional design.
The information I will get in this blogs range from instructional design principles such as ADDIE model http://designinstructions.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/addie/. A post by Karen Mahon http://karenmahon.com/2012/06/29/top-10-elearning-design-principles-compared/ illustrates tem principles of instructional design. With these discussions, am able to connect with practitioners and link the learning to the practice in my work place.
In an article, Helping Digital Immigrants Feel at home, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InstructionalDesignAndDevelopmentBlog/~3/bDcgFKbpFDE/, Daniel Stanford, analyzes some measures an instructional designer can take to ensure that the digital immigrants are able to access the online training effectively. The suggestions are useful to me as an instructional designer who works in an environment that ICT in education is not fully integrated.
The post in blogs gives hands on experience on what happens in various work environment, a post by Josh Lund titled Course Design: Behind the Curtain, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InstructionalDesignAndDevelopmentBlog/~3/u65ZsX_axEs/ in an example of experiences the instructional designers go through while designing a course behind the curtain. Some other important post I have read in this sites include, content that relate to Mobile learning, creating engaging multimedia for eLearning as well as creating avatar for eLearning.
Although most f this blogs are specifics to different environment and operations, one is able to expound on the underlying theories and the possibility of replication in different setting. They bring to the pool of knowledge the experiences from this settings and this contribute to the development of sound and proven practices.
In conclusion as an upcoming professional in the field of instructional design, I have found this blogs as resourceful and enriching to my studies and workplace. I will surely continue to read the blogs and contribute to this pool of knowledge in my professional development