Tuesday, May 27, 2008

What made you want to take this course?
I wanted to take this course because designing online courses has always interested me. As an Instructional Designer for the last eight years, I have designed ILT courses, virtual classroom courses and online courses. I find the online courses the most interesting and sometimes the most challenging. I am completely self-taught in Instructional Design; I have learned through reading, exploration and others. Therefore, I am very interested in some formal instruction, as well as some new ideas because what has worked for the last eight years in online courses is not working anymore. There is more advanced technology plus more creative ways to create and take online courses. It is exciting to move past the page-turner world of online training!

What are three things that anyone knows you knows about you?
1. I am an artist with very little creativity. I can draw/paint anything but struggle to create the image in my head first.
2. My children are my life, almost to a fault. Hence, doing something for myself - taking graduate classes and hopefully applying them to a degree in instructional design.
3. I am very motherly, even though I am usually the youngest person on my teams at work, I am always the one they call "mom".

4 comments:

Leslie said...

Hi Teri,

I feel like an artist that has lot's of ideas in my head, but can't get it out on paper, etc. All of my friends are artists and musicians and I am amazed how they can access that so easily.

Maybe we can collaborate sometime :)

Leslie

Teri said...

Leslie,

It is nice to hear that I am not the only one with this challenge. Sometimes I think that if I had the power to access it all from my brain I would doing something much more meaningful... I am quite envious of those who can. :)

Victoria said...

Hi Teri,

It sounds like this class is perfect for you, and what you're doing at work.

Your kids are adorable!

-jdom said...

Hi Terry! Yea, that is my back yard. I have a 3yo, and a 4 month old and am going on ten years in my marriage!

We have lots in common. See you online.

Jason Dom

My Princess says Cheez

My Princess says Cheez
Kaylie is quite the ham and loves getting into character for any photos. She is definitely not a shy girl. :)

My Prince turns 1

My Prince turns 1
Ethan is a happy little man though he is quite demanding and loud. ;)
(Just a warning in case we have live sessions and you hear him in the background.)