2/3/10- 15/5's

2/3/10

Team Assigned Task: On Thursday (1/28) our team met to discuss the training materials that Meredith had sent us. At this meeting we also discussed possible methods of instructional delivery and what content we thought we would be able to cover in our instructional unit. I would say that this process is 50% complete because we still have some work to do in deciding how the instruction will be delivered. On Sunday (1/31), our team met and discussed the progression of our Analysis Report. This Analysis Report is now 100% completed. Finally, on Wednesday (2/3) I made several updates to the team website. The first change was to our Documentation page. I edited this page to reflect the various components of documentation that our group will have over the course of the unit. I then added the Analysis Report to a new webpage and linked it to our Documentation page. The next edit I made was to our Team 15/5 page. I created a new page that has our team 15/5 for this week and created the link to our Team 15/5 page. The final edits that I made to our website was to our meetings schedule to include the two additional meetings that we have had since the last update. Although all of the specific components I worked on are now 100% complete, the webpage as a whole is still only 50% complete because there is still much work to be done.


Reflection:
Remembering: This week I…

• Contributed to discussions on instructional delivery.
• Contributed to discussions on our Analysis Report.
• Updated documentation, schedule, and team 15/5 pages to our team website.

Understanding:

I think the important realization that came as a result of my team discussions is further confidence in what I know about instructional design. Through these discussions I had a feeling that I could talk about instructional design with my peers feeling confident in what I had to say. The important part of working on the team website is the continuing assurance that I gain from each successful edit and upload.

Applying:

I will be able to apply what I have learned when I work with teams in the future. The confidence that I have gained from these experiences will allow me to be a successful participant in future teams that I am a part of. I can also use the realizations that I have gained about what makes a team successful to help me with future teams.

Analyzing:

One common pattern that I see emerging is the importance of communication when working with teams. It is obvious from our team experiences that talking with one another, getting on the same page, and setting team goals and expectations are essential for success.

Evaluating:

I think that I have done a good job with communicating with my team. I think I have let them know what my goals are and what I am planning to do to contribute to the team each week. However, I do sometimes feel some trepidation when contributing so I believe I could use some improvement. I do still sometimes question my contributions. I also think that I have done a good job with the work on the website.

Creating:

I think the next steps are continuing with what I have been doing. I will need to continue to have good communication with my team. I also will need to continue to work on the website. I think some of the areas where our team will soon need to focus more attention on will be exactly how we will develop the instruction.