Thoughts on Instructional Design and Other Stuff

  When it comes to an instructional design project (ID), one of the project manager's roles is to manage the schedule, budget, and task breakdown. There are various tools and resources that can make a significant difference in creating the "ideal" schedule that a project manager could use. This week, I explored different resources and found two that would be useful for future ID projects. Trello: www.trello.com   Trello is a user-friendly project management tool with a visually appealing interface that users would find helpful (Trello, n.d). I set up a free trial with Trello and found many features that would make a project manager's role more effective. It can help a project manager break down tasks into boards, lists, and cards, which would help organize and prioritize different tasks (Trello, n.d). Trello can allow the user to map out tasks, assign responsibilities, and track progress in real-time. Trello has templates for users to use and share, and it inte...

This week, I have spent some time with an exercise, "The Art of Effective Communication," to help me explore how communication modality affects message interpretation within project management contexts. In this exercise, I was able to observe a piece of communication in three different modalities: as a written text, as audio, and as a video. Using this exercise, I explored and understood more about how effective communication with stakeholders and instructional designers is vital for project success and how it influences team coordination and the success of project objectives (Greer, 2010).   The exercise "The Art of Effective Communication" was a multimedia program that showed a message in three different modalities: email, voicemail, and face-to-face video. Reflecting on these different modalities, I recognized how the choice of communication modality plays a significant role in clarity and effectiveness for project teams such as stakeholders (Aakhus & Bzdak...

 Starting a new project, especially with a friend, can be a very exciting and rewarding experience. However, as anyone who has tried to start and launch a new project knows, the road to success may not be as smooth as you would like it to be . Just like a race that went bad, the best way to learn is to reflect on what went wrong and learn from the experience. My friend and I are both marathon runners, had an idea during one of our runs to start a running website aimed at helping first-time marathoners. Unfortunately, despite our passion for running, the project didn't work out as we had hoped. Here's what I learned from the experience and what we could have done differently. The idea behind our website was simple , with the goal of creating a website where first-time marathoners could find support, advice, and inspiration. Running a marathon is not easy , and the idea can be very daunting. My friend and I know this from experience, and we wanted to share our experienc...