Marsha Tracy

  Through this course of LDT 501,   I am gaining knowledge and understanding about the meaning of Learning/Instructional Design and Technology, along with what it entails. Learning Design, to me, is the process of creating effective learning experiences that facilitate the application of knowledge and skills to keep learners engaged. Learning objectives are considered along with content, instructional strategies, and assessment methods to design experiences that optimize learning outcomes, goals, and objectives of instruction, designing and planning assessment tasks are crucial. Being able to communicate, collaborate, use creativity, and have empathy are great skills for LDIT. Through the live video content by our Professor Leanna Archambault,   I resonated and thought about the quote she shared by Reiser and Dempsey (2001): ID is a “systematic process that is employed to develop education and training programs is a consistent and reliable fashion.” This is a quote ...

 Hi Everyone! :)  I believe that as an educator I need to continue to enhance my skills and knowledge in Learning Design and Technology. There are continuous changes occurring in the education field which requires for me to stay in sync with the world of technology. I am learning more about the importance of implementing processes and knowledge into my current field as a Kindergarten Teacher.  In the course I am currently enrolled LDT 501, I continue to gain insight of what the meaning is of a Learning Design and Technology.  E. D. Wagner (2021) stated: The role of a learning designer has continued to evolve to make room for emergent technologies and frameworks. Always the goal has been to design the most effective learning using all theories, processes, or technologies at our disposal. In the modern version of the field, there are simply more of these theories, processes, and increasingly advanced technologies to assist us. Understanding how various design disci...