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A Quick Note On Motivation - Understanding Your Learners Means Understanding Yourself

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As a student in instructional design, it is becoming a lot more obvious that I am learning and unlearning all the time. I went to university a bit later than normal at 30, so I know the feeling of being older than most students in a classroom and the disassociation that come with that feeling. Within the online learning experience, I also know how stressful learning new tools and concepts can be if I feel a disconnect from the learning environment or the material being delivered. As a quick aside, it seems so obvious that learning online includes a certain amount of disconnect between learners and their instructors. However, as I come into contact with people who have gotten their bachelor's degrees online or have decided to use their adult years using the internet to learn something new every day, I realize that I am simply clinging onto what I wish these learning environments were. I am trying to reform my reality to fit the ideas in my head.  Think about your own frustration...
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Digital Literacies

Thoughts on Digital Literacies We hear from our instructors and other about how important our portfolios will be to secure a job but we this is not always clear while we are in the midst of our research or when we are reading some primary texts. I like how this article makes it clear how the types of thought processes that we are developing in MSIDT reflect the types of work practices necessary to be successful in this industry. I consider this very important for me at this stage because I realize that I am really just beginning to understand the responsibilities and languages of the internet. While most of what we see and experience on the internet is curated for us by those versed in the language of the internet, we need to know how this information is collected and presented.  This is something that I have wondered about for a while now. Knowing how we are perceived on the internet seems so essential and important, but like coding it is easily overlooked if you don't reall...
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