Kristen’s Capstone blog

Awesome! It really helps me too, to talk stuff out…you do have to shut me up a bit though~!
I think additional Skype sessions are a must, it will only bring us both up to speed, and then some!
Best- Kristen

On 2/13/08 5:17 PM, “Reggie Martell”  wrote:

> Hey Kristen! The old Skype hung on for quite awhile!
> Assuming we don’t reconnect in the next couple minutes I’d love to
> schedule another meet up. This was extremely helpful for me. I’ve had
> trouble connecting with the program in a way that allows me to
> visualize what the day-to-day routine needs to be, and dislike moodle
> a LOT (though I like Jo’s class, ironically enough), so some level of
> mentorship is clearly a good idea, at least in the beginning.
>
> This is one of those cases where the full impact and generosity of a
> favor is only recognized ex post facto, and I thank you a million
> times over. I will Skype whenever you or anyone else in the class
> would like.
> -reg

I’m almost out of the haze! I’ve been down under with the flu, and I have a tome of a design project deadline to make, so I am sad to say my time has been limited this week. Next week I shall be free and able to breathe and catch up – I am confident of that.
Yes, GUMBO – this ID&T field is full of a whole gamut of theories and process wow!  Our text is as thick as GUMBO, and just when I think I have a handle on it, I am thrown another bone! But fascinating it is, and I am especially drawn to Integrating Multiple Objectives.
“In seeking a way of dealing with multiple objectives other than serially, we perceive a need for treating human performance at a somewhat higher level of abstraction than is usual in most instructional design models. “

Maybe it’s the artist in me that can relate to this abstract aspect and I see how it is important to see and understand the goal – and key – to apply enterprise schemata – to the enterprise, or larger scale real world context. As stated in the article (Gangé & Marrill) Learners can acquire procedures, but in the context of what larger scale activity?
I think artists suffer from this, and they do not get the larger picture and understand then how to apply that knowledge to a real world problem.  My art education was exactly that.
I favor Holistic Design for its whole task approach, and integrated goals for the enterprise, and enterprise schemata.

I have been furiously revisiting my notes and prior readings, and I can honestly say it is essential in the learning process. Finally things are starting to set! I have been keeping in mind that I need to build and construct my knowledge from what makes sense to ME!

Elizabeth and I had a good Skype chat where we talked about our readings, and at the same time reviewed the mind map and began to make some changes, together. Simply the process of talking, and listening to yourself talk is incredibly helpful. Listening to her try and describe theories was helpful and I begin to make sense of it all.
Complex. (yet becoming more clear) Working on the interactive map simultaneously was really neat!

“Learning is messy, and so is Instructional Design!”
I feel right at home in the messy dept, being an artist, the only way to make progress is to get messy!

I found the Holistic Design approach very interesting.
Mainly because of the “whole” meaningful learning tasks that are built on real-life tasks.
This may certainly prepare us for our current complex 21st century environment.