"Sometimes shifting your perspective is more powerful than being smart." Love this.

Always ask WHY.

This is so true and often forgotten. Culture and environment dictate thoughts, knowledge, assumptions, everything.

Is this referring to ADDIE? I didn't realize ADDIE was the big bad wolf until this class....

Selecting a solution before designing training - it's a temptation I have because, hey, technology is shiny and fun! Identifying measurable goal/learning objectives is critical to selecting the proper solution. Identifying learning gaps (what is needed and how to get there) is part of this.

While I understand the purpose of this chart (making sure that the learning intervention is appropriate to the need - and not all of that is a full online course), I worry about the subjective nature of the problem identification part (environment, knowledge, skills, or motivation). What if 2 designers totally disagree on what the problem is and how to solve it? Where is the definitive answer here?

Taylor - I see that these project documents are pretty much always a pdf or report style (you have a page requirement of 8-12 I believe). Is that the only method you will accept? Waht about a website? What about an infographic? What about video?

FYI...these scheduled web meetings were pulled from previous semesters. You can ignore these and we will schedule ones which are most convenient for our group this semester.

Oh boy. This was interesting. :)

Frying an egg - building on existing knowledge. Constructivism?

Eggnog is always to blame.

This seems like a really important point, but the text is small. I'd make it the same size as the text above and remove the italics. (Excited to check out the readings!)

Btw...credit to ILT professor, Remi Kalir, for pushing the use of Hypothesis and advocating for syllabus annotation).

Is this a word?

Love this word - just learned it last semester. It's entails the principles of adult learning (like pedagogy - but "peds" refers to children).

Thanks for jumping into our evolving and annotated course contract (i.e. syllabus). This is a shared space for continued discussion and negotiation about the course (and also a chance to learn/play with Hypothesis).

A few ways annotation might be useful here:

• Discuss specific terminology or phrasing.
• Ask contextual questions about specific course details.
• Provide links to other connected resources.

I've had two classmates tell me how good this is so I just ordered it from Amazon!

Many of the quiz scenarios reference concepts from the Dirksen text, so know that these assessments will be more challenging without that resource.

I highly recommend this text, and while you can find it via Amazon, know that there are earlier (cheaper) versions available for those willing to dig.

This was a fire hose of info. Good, basic overview, but extremely fast.

And this IS very important in my world....

Yes -- all communication (including training) can only be judged as truly successful by the receiver, not the sender.

Well no WONDER this has been my chosen profession for so many years. LOL

Many of the quiz scenarios reference concepts from the Dirksen text, so know that these assessments will be more challenging without that resource.

I highly recommend this text, and while you can find it via Amazon, know that there are earlier (cheaper) versions available for those willing to dig.

Any and all text can be highlighted and annotated. Don't hold back...this is an open layer for conversations.