Many important blog sites are available in the area of Instructional Design. After studying blog sites I understood that these blog sites provide us a wide range of information including ideas of various professionals and instructional designers which are posted to the blog and their discussions which are useful to clear any doubts and explore their knowledge. Studying such information we also will be able to update and sharpen our knowledge. These blogs direct us to many resources and references.
Blogs of a particular field such as blogs relevant to Instructional Design (ID) can be considered as a conference room for discussions on that particular topic. The blog named Blogs about:Instructional Design is an important resource because it provides information related to ID, such as present and future situation of ID and also useful facts regarding application of ID such as software , educational technology , e-learning etc. Therefore this blog also will be useful for us while studying this course. Another important resource sites I found is Learning-theories.com .This site is to provide the knowledge of Theories and Models of learning for educational research and practice. I think this resource site also will be useful to me as an additional resource because it provides details of many learning theories. It provides facilities to readers to send their comments and also to link with their blogs. Therefore worldwide community of scholars interactively refines these entries over time. So that we also can interact with them while gaining knowledge from our present online course.
Similarly there are important resource sites such as InstructionalDesign.org which consists of various sections in the subject of instructional design. Although we are still beginners we are familiar only with learning theories and I could see that other areas such as instructional design models are well explained. It refers to another important site called http://www.innovativelearning.com for learning theories. This will be useful for me while continuing this ID course for exploration of my knowledge and share experience with others on learning theories. It provides effective resources supported by audio-video to make it more interactive. I hope we will be able to improve our knowledge gained from this course using the above site. It further provides the knowledge about the technology applied during designing instruction. Not only that this site also provides useful features such as Web quest and Materials including web quizzes, activities and worksheets etc. and other references. Therefore during our online course we will be able to practice our knowledge using these materials interactively.
Similarly there are important resource sites such as InstructionalDesign.org which consists of various sections in the subject of instructional design. Although we are still beginners we are familiar only with learning theories and I could see that other areas such as instructional design models are well explained. It refers to another important site called http://www.innovativelearning.com for learning theories. This will be useful for me while continuing this ID course for exploration of my knowledge and share experience with others on learning theories. It provides effective resources supported by audio-video to make it more interactive. I hope we will be able to improve our knowledge gained from this course using the above site. It further provides the knowledge about the technology applied during designing instruction. Not only that this site also provides useful features such as Web quest and Materials including web quizzes, activities and worksheets etc. and other references. Therefore during our online course we will be able to practice our knowledge using these materials interactively.
Another blog named Improving performances through learning innovations is also useful especially for instructional designers. There are thoughtful posts to be seen in the site and this blog also will be very useful even though some facts are still new to us. I wish I will be able to follow their discussions while studying our online course. As a curriculum developer and also a teacher trainer, most of the facts that are subjected to the discussion in that blog is useful to me; for example: facts regarding competency based classroom learning process and training programs. (For example, the comments posted by Prof Krishnamurthy Prabhakar, Niall and Jude)
The blog named Instructional Design for e’Learning approaches:IDEAS will be also useful when we consider design of instructions for e-learning.
Therefore I linked the resources I referred to, on my blog so that my colleagues also will be able to access.
You made a great point. Blogging provides an opportunity for professionals to asynchronous ‘conference’ on a vast array of information to enhance and explore knowledge. In many cases, these blogs provide additional resources and references on the topic to explore further. Instructional design methodologies and strategies shared to enhance the instructional and learning process. In a sense, this technological collaboration forum becomes a virtual think tank for those in the ID field.
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