Reflection on Case Studies and Developing Expertise

EDCI 572:  Introductory Blog

Competency 5:  Engage in Professional Development

Sub-competency

• Demonstrates the disposition for life-long learning and continuous professional development
  

Narrative

Demonstrates the disposition for life-long learning and continuous professional development

To demonstrate this competency, I am including my Reflection on Developing Expertise created for EDCI 672.  In this paper, I discuss my development throughout EDCI 672 and the learning I experienced as I examined each of the case studies.  I begin the paper by relating material from my first Master's program in Outdoor Education to some of the learning theory covered in EDCI 531. Later in the paper, I discuss plans for applying the learning theory and ID principles I've gained from this program to a project at work to redesign the curriculum we offer to our retirement plan members.  This project has finally received approval from our CEO.  I've been working toward this since I began the Instructional Design and Technology program at Purdue, and I'm very excited to be applying my new knowledge in my work.

In addition, I am including a copy of my Introductory Biography for EDCI 572 which, I believe, demonstrates my life-long passion for teaching and learning.  The final paragraph is responding to the following:

Post a picture of yourself doing something that was either:

• Fun
• Exciting
• Ridiculous
• Life-Changing
• Or...."Other"---Make Your Own Label. 

Whether in my personal or professional life, learning is extremely important to me and I find myself doing ridiculous and life-changing things like becoming a certified Pilates teacher or learning Norwegian or earning a second Masters degree in Instructional Design Technology.