Reflection Two: The Course Review

Reflection Two – The Course Plan Review For a couple of years I have dreamed of conducting an online course for job seekers. When I was an intern I created a guide and most recently I created a course plan and directions for one session out of this imaginary course. My work as a novice as my instructor has pointed out is a “good start (McKenzie-White, 2015, assignment feedback)” Going forward with this review it is important to imagine that I am taking steps to implement this online course for job seekers of the 21st century as a novice instructional designer. The first managerial decision is the choice of platform. I have a CourseSite account. This would be my choice. My next task to ensure a smooth launch prior to an invitation to job …show more content…
One area needing great attention are the course objectives. Those need to be rewritten and I need to do some more pondering. Contrasting my course objectives to the extensive term list provided in Bloom’s Taxonomy (Kornuta and Germaine). It seems as if most of the constructs chosen fall under the “knowledge” category only one term falls under the “synthesis” category. When I think about Anderson’s model (2008) I believe the end result of my course would be a product. A resume, a cover letter, a thank you letter and a job in my mind are all products. So my instruction is helping job seekers explore, synthesize and resolve their problem of unemployment. My challenge going forward is to think about these end results and rewrite my objectives utilizing Bloom’s so that my job seekers will understand clearly how to proceed and produce results. I have some important components required and others are missing. Once again using the Anderson model (2008) the chart below highlights what would work and what was omitted according to the Future Professors (2015) and Anderson (Wilcoxon,