Reflection 10

For you reading reflection, since you have now read for the past few weeks about instructional design/technology in three different context (business, P-12 and higher education),identify 2 or 3 significant themes or differences you have noticed across these contests and describe the. Is there a particular area or way that you believe your current professional working environment would learn from the other contests described in these chapters?

A common theme found in every context was the awareness that change was going to happen and that each time change needed to occur there needed to be a process adopted to ensure the change was successful. It seemed that analyzing, develop and evaluate was a common theme. the differences where in the reason as to why these changes were going to take place. In the business world, change occurs because one needs to increase productivity. In the P-12 and higher education change at different levels but mostly because the state changes the curriculum requirements both the content of what is taught and what is to me mastered. This causes change to occur at different levels as well. Change in the way we teach and the way the students learn.

Another theme is the need to analyze,develop and evaluate each design. In the P-12/higher education world this happens each year as the state standards and curriculum requirements change. It is necessary to analyze to see if the lesson meets the requirement. It is necessary to develop or "tweek" the curriculum to make sure it is meeting the standars. It is necessary evaluate to see if students are learning the curriculum. The business sector analyzes there product or ability to make it and then develops it or designs it to increase productivity. Each step is necessary to make the necessary change.

The third commonality is the need for all this to happen in an organized way. Each area needs to have plan to follow. The chapters introduced the different ways in which busniess and education go about making the change. I am under the impression that a business can make a change quicker than the education system is able to make a change. The business sector is able to implement each stage at a faster pace than the education system. In education, by the time a recommended change is actually implemented, it is time for a new change.