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Discovering Design Thinking
As part of LRNT 524 at Royal Roads University, one of our assigned readings was “Design thinking research: Measuring performance in context” (2102) by Goldman. It was interesting to see what their study confirmed what myself and my assignment partner concluded for our recent analysis. As part of Assignment 2, we were asked to come up with a prototype to help student in our respective organizations develop a sense of inclusion. Our proposed idea was to teach the process of web design. However, what we concluded, and what was reaffirmed by feedback on our blogpost, was that the strength of our strategy was to teach the design model known as ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). My personal observation was that this process was precisely the same that I adopt in my field of work. And through the assignment, I have finally come to appreciate the value that process brings not only in my own line of work, and instructional design as well, but ultimately to any design process. Continue reading “Discovering Design Thinking”
Agile Instructional Design?
I have been working in the field of web development for the last 12 years, but the field of Instructional Design (ID) is completely new to me. But I’m surprised at the degree to which the two fields have developed independently, despite the fact that their is significant overlap in their technology and methods. Continue reading “Agile Instructional Design?”