Martha's Digital Musings

U1: Assignment - WOL: The Monster Behind the Screen Two weeks ago I completed and turned in my first eLearning module. It felt like a monstrous task. It was rough and choppy, and if I’d had a little extra time, I would’ve loved to spend a couple weeks refining it. I created it by first using Twine to create a wireframe, then building out the perceived design in Articulate Storyline 360. I’d never heard of either of those technologies before joining the LDT tribe, and I learned so much about them and about myself through those intense weeks. Because I was one hundred percent unfamiliar with either of those technologies, I had to contend with the monster behind the screen. The monster represented my fears of learning a new technology, and the anxiety I felt anytime I sat down to design my module. In reference to emerging technology, Udell and Woodill note that, “The reaction to the new will be different for each individual, depending on the impact of the change on one’s life, one’s tol...

  WOL eLearning Lessons Learned The last week was excruciating. But, I always say that anything worth doing is hard work, and learning design is obviously no different. I just plugged away at the work as much as I could, didn't stress too much about "moving targets,” and managed to be quite successful, just maintaining the pace. I'm eons away from being able to call myself an authentic learning designer, but I'm also eons closer to it than I was 2 weeks ago! The growing pains were, well, painful, but boy, do I feel great about myself now! And, I'm beginning to see what I'm capable of with continued effort. I learned so much through this sticky, prickly, painful, (and exhilarating!) process. This has to be quite a bit like what the real world of learning design actually looks and feels like, and I’ve learned that if I can weather this, then I can weather that.    In my life, I’ve never learned much when I was comfortable and things came to me easily. Yes, this c...