Reflections

As I approach the end of this program and the journey it has led me on for the last 3 years, I realize now more than ever just how important reflection is to instructional process, but more than that, to how you evolve both in your professional and personal life. For reflection doesn’t just give you the opportunity to self-market or to say you have grown, but it allows you the opportunity to consider, to review, and to carefully think about how a project or an event has influenced your growth or change during a period of time. Prior to the start of this program, I thought I understood that and I was perfectly willing to provide general reflection when asked. However, it wasn’t until I completed the reflection piece of the research paper I produced for Project and Report, that I truly saw how I had grown by completing that project. As this paper and the events surrounding it didn’t come with complete and total successes and it wasn’t enough to say that I grew while reviewing the content, conducting the research, and writing the document. I had to acknowledge the successes and setbacks and ask the harder questions before I could see the effect that project had on me and the learning experience I had achieved by completing it.

Learning Message Design: This is a reflection on what I learned from taking Learning Message Design.

Writing a Research Paper for Project and Report: This is a reflection of what I learned through completing my research paper for Project and Report.

Reflection on ID in the professional context: This is a reflection of the instructional design needs within my current profession.

Reflections on Past Practices: This is a reflection of my previous practices regarding instruction and instructional environments.

Reflections on Current Practices: This is a reflection of my current practices regarding instruction and instructional environments.

Reflections on Current Practices: This is a reflection that discusses how the ITMA program impacted me, both personally and professionally.