Two Weeks Down

Welcome and thanks for reading this blog post. This blog will be my record of the IM 554 course with a sprinkling of the IM 555 course. I named this blog Facenook because last week I typed Facenook instead of Facebook. I thought it was an amusing typo. The name brings to mind both a place to be and a person. This is me the person at this little nook the blog.

I am two weeks into the semester and so far, so good. I know about theories because I teach a counseling theories course, but I was surprised to find that the theories of education and learning are taken from psychology and I am very familiar with those. It seems psychology is an important part of education and business which are two topics I enjoy very much. Maybe that's why I enjoy them because both are grounded in psychological research and psychology is something I know very well. I like how the theories can be laid down as the foundation for instructional design strategies. The material to be taught will drive how it will be presented in the classroom.

I liked the asynchronous meeting we had, although the technology leaves something to be desired My mic went out about half way through and it was difficult to type all my thoughts. I thought later that if I would have exited the classroom and reentered it might have started working again. I will try that if it happens again. I would prefer the class be more progressive or not so much like a regular classroom where the teacher is in the front and students are in the audience. That teaching style is not effective in person or online. I think the time is better used in break-out sessions or round-table discussions with students solving problems or collaborating on other ways. There is a lot of education and experience in the classroom and it's a shame not to use it fully. The asynchronous discussions were good and while the theories were familiar I got new ideas from reading other student's posts and from writing my own.