Final Thoughts

I want to highlight once more some of the main things that stuck out to me as we went through the instructional design process this first time:

*Revise, revise, revise!
*Keep breaking things down.
*Trying things out is vital! How else are you going to catch all the revisions that need to be made.
*Different perspectives on your team is great!
*Outside eyes are good!
*Talk to several SMEs (Subject Matter Experts)
*You need to make sure that your instruction is complete. You can't just rely on an experienced instructor to fill in your gaps in instructional design.
*It's easy to make things difficult. The trick is to make things simple.
*It can be difficult when dealing with technology instruction to know where to cut off the entry behaviors (prerequisites) for the course.
*Once you've broken things down to the point of silliness, how do you stop? How do you know how down to basics to go - how much do you break it down? How much is too much?
*The analysis phase really helps to bring your whole design project into focus. It helps you make sure there are not important steps you are overlooking or needs of the learners you have missed.

Main focus of the semester:
Where do you want to go?
How are you going to get there?
How do you know when you're there?