Reflections+Week+4


 * //Reflection Prompt Module 4// Reflect on your thinking surrounding your developing a philosophy of Instructional Technology use for learning and your understanding of 21st Century Teaching and Learning. **
 * Describe ** —In 2005 (I completed my MA-Instructional Technology) there were few online courses. The World Wide Web was in its infancy. The only books available regarding the topic of online learning focused mainly on how to set up a web page using HTML devoting little or no attention on how to teach on line.

I took Hypermedia during the summer school. (It should have never have been offered in summer school.) There just wasn’t enough time in the days to complete all the coding, and corrections to the errors that needed to be done. The learning curve was incredibly steep and I remember as I mastered the task, there was no way I would ever use this in the classroom.

This did not bring anything new to the table for the classroom or engagement of the learner. There was no learning, just information that you have gotten from a handout. It did not align with any standards or assessments that I had. I thought it would be a good place to make a career change, but didn’t see the relevance of its applications. I thought it was funny how everyone was making such a fuss about it.


 * Impact ** —I let it sit for 5 years and continued to teach f2f and fine tuning my technology skills. I learned MS Office, CSX and Publisher. You Tube wasn't anything, we still had separate cell phones and cameras. But it made me very aware that often time’s technology can be overbearing and a burden if not presented clear and concise.


 * Intent ** —What I realize now is that w hen the course delivery does not include an interactive component the course can be likened to a correspondence course which is clearly inferior in quality.