BlogReflection

Blog Reflection
Throughout the course you have been following (and hopefully participating in) a blog related to instructional design.
 * 1) Post your final thoughts about the blog that you are following to your discussion thread.
 * 2) Think about what questions you would have for a guest speaker, such as Cammy Bean.
 * 3) Post your top one or two questions to this wiki.
 * 4) Read your classmates' questions on the wiki.
 * 5) Reorganize the questions into the top six "best" questions, in your opinion.

__**Post your top one or two questions for guest speaker**:__

 * What level of expertise is required in the field of Instructional design to begin marketing oneself as an instructional designer? (chuck brown@bristow,va)
 * Where is the biggest resource center or data bank that a beginning level designer would be able to access examples of successful and unsuccessful course design? (chuck brown@bristow,va)
 * When developing a face to face versus online course what is the biggest difference? (Don@Lincoln)
 * What is the most important resource you utilize in instructional design (text, website, or person)? (Don@Lincoln)
 * Can you teach someone how to learn? [Lisa@Chicago]
 * Some of us are new to the field of Instructional Design. While we have examined several competencies required for the field, what are the top skills and abilities need to realistically succeed in ID? Does it vary by industry? [Lisa@Chicago]
 * With a pulse on this industry, what top predictions do you see forthcoming for Instructional Designers? [Mary@Northampton,MA]
 * What top technologies and skills do you feel an instructional designer needs to succeed in this industry? [Mary@Northampton,MA]
 * What is the biggest challenge you face when designing instruction? And how do you overcome those challenges? [Mary@Northampton,MA]
 * Do you believe Content Curators [or Digital Curators] will collaborate more and more with instructional designers? Why or why not? [Mary@Northampton,MA]
 * What predictions do you foresee for mobile learning? [Mary@Northampton, MA] Do you think "TelePresence" will be mainstream one day? [Lisa@Chciago]- //making this a two-part question//
 * Will the corporate need for a library of fast, inexpensive and short bursts of real performance-enhancing training lead academic Instructional Design? (Arlene@Orlando)
 * What is your advice for remaining competitive (job security and income potential) as an ID both as a corporate trainer and as an k-12 educator? (Arlene@Orlando)
 * I know you have surveyed Instructional Designers to see how they ended up in the field. Is there a best path, in your opinion, to enter ID and become successful? (Beth@Janesville)
 * Is the classroom going to be relegated to the history books? Will it be just one of the learning spaces that used to be popular because it was all we knew (like rotary phones)? (Beth@Janesville).
 * Why did you change careers from music teacher to IDesigner? (Ron@Madison)
 * How important is theory in the implementing ID? (Ron@Madison)
 * Which ID Model do you prefer and why? (Karen@ChipFls)
 * If you had to start your career in ID over again, what would you do differently? (Karen@ChipFls)
 * What is the best approach to assuaging the fears of a learner with technophobic tendencies? (Randy@Racine)
 * With eLearning, mobile technologies, online coursework and the like, do you foresee traditional face-to-face learning going away for good? (Randy@Racine)
 * Do you have any suggestions for developing an instructional design portfolio when my work product is proprietary? (Tanyika@Atlanta)
 * Given the ever-changing landscape of technologies and tools related to education, what advice can you give to new teachers on how to stay abreast of the emerging trends? (subscription to magazines, following blogs, professional associations, etc?) (Dan @ Oakdale, MN)
 * Considering your experiences prior to ID, how did these contribute to your successes in ID and what challenges did they present in your transition? (I am following a similar career path!) (Dan @ Oakdale, MN)

__**Top six "best" questions**:__
 * 1.** With a pulse on this industry, what top predictions do you see forthcoming for Instructional Designers [ID'ers]? And how do you suggest we ID'ers prepare? [Mary@Northampton,MA]
 * 2.** Some of us are new to the field of Instructional Design. While we have examined several competencies required for the field, what are the top skills and abilities need to realistically succeed in ID? Does it vary by industry?
 * 3.** How would you suggest IDs new to the field, market themselves if they do not have an educator's background and what industry do you feel would be receptive? (Arlene@Orlando)
 * 4.**What is the biggest challenge you face when designing instruction? And how do you overcome those challenges? [Mary@Northampton,MA]
 * 5.** Is the classroom going to be relegated to the history books? Will it be just one of the learning spaces that used to be popular becuse it was all we knew (like rotary phones)? (Beth@Janesville).
 * 6.**What is the most important resource you utilize in instructional design (text, website, or person)? (Don@Lincoln)

__**Top six best questions (Karen@ChipFls)**__ 1. Some of us are new to the field of Instructional Design. While we have examined several competencies required for the field, what are the top skills and abilities need to realistically succeed in ID? Does it vary by industry? 2. What is the most important resource you utilize in instructional design (text, website, or person)? 3. What is the biggest challenge you face when designing instruction? And how do you overcome those challenges? 4. How important is theory in the implementing ID? Which ID Model do you prefer and why? 5. With a pulse on this industry, what top predictions do you see forthcoming for Instructional Designers? 6. I know you have surveyed Instructional Designers to see how they ended up in the field. Is there a best path, in your opinion, to enter ID and become successful?

chuck brown@bristow, va

i've been following the blog [|www.iddblog.org] and here are my thoughts:

This blog seems to be made up mostly by educators with a good deal of experience in the field of online course work. There is also an emphasis on the newer technologies which can be found on the web. The articles consist of the following topics; __
 * 1) live online classrooms
 * 2) Resources found online
 * 3) Academic earth
 * 4) Fora.tv
 * 5) Big think
 * 6) Ted
 * 7) Online tools
 * 8) Joggle
 * 9) Image loop
 * 10) One true media
 * 11) Rock you
 * 12) Educating the educator
 * 13) converting the classroom teacher to the online teacher
 * 1) converting the classroom teacher to the online teacher
 * Randy @ Racine's Top Six Questions** __
 * 1) What top technologies and skills do you feel an instructional designer needs to succeed in this industry?
 * 2) What is the most important resource you utilize in instructional design (text, website, or person)?
 * 3) What are the top skills and abilities need to realistically succeed in ID? Does it vary by industry?
 * 4) What is the best approach to assuaging the fears of a learner with technophobic tendencies?
 * 5) What is the biggest challenge you face when designing instruction?
 * 6) Is the classroom going to be relegated to the history books?

__Tanyika @ Atlanta's Top Six Questions__

1. Some of us are new to the field of Instructional Design. While we have examined several competencies required for the field, what are the top skills and abilities need to realistically succeed in ID? Does it vary by industry? 2. With a pulse on this industry, what top predictions do you see forthcoming for Instructional Designers? 3. What top technologies and skills do you feel an instructional designer needs to succeed in this industry? 4. What is the biggest challenge you face when designing instruction? And how do you overcome those challenges? 5. What is your advice for remaining competitive (job security and income potential) as an ID both as a corporate trainer and as an k-12 educator? 6. If you had to start your career in ID over again, what would you do differently?


 * __ My Top 6 Questions (Dan @ Oakdale, MN) __**
 * 1) Given the ever-changing landscape of technologies and tools related to education, what advice can you give to new teachers on how to stay abreast of the emerging trends? (subscription to magazines, following blogs, professional associations, etc?)
 * 2) Some of us are new to the field of Instructional Design. While we have examined several competencies required for the field, what are the top skills and abilities need to realistically succeed in ID? Does it vary by industry?
 * 3) Is the classroom going to be relegated to the history books? Will it be just one of the learning spaces that used to be popular because it was all we knew (like rotary phones)?
 * 4) If you had to start your career in ID over again, what would you do differently?
 * 5) What is the most important resource you utilize in instructional design (text, website, or person)?
 * 6) Considering your experiences prior to ID, how did these contribute to your successes in ID and what challenges did they present in your transition? (I am following a similar career path!)