Beginning of a new term is always busy in my role here at OLT (yeah, you know me). However it’s doubly busy when I act as both instructional designer/project manager and course co-author. This term I’m also the instructor in such a course. Puis j’ai la tête qui éclate…
OK, not really. But it is challenging in particular ways. I’ve already learned a few things during the run-up to ETEC 565. These include:
- when you wear multiple hats including project manager (PM), develop an approvals process and stick to it
- it’s not your fault when a server gets updated and it entirely changes the interface
- #2, however, is still your problem if one of the early activities is dependent on said server
- material reviews should largely travel in one direction, even if the feedback is iterative
- Googledocs, for all its potential, falls down miserably when writing collaboratively, since it doesn’t track changes the way a full-feature word processor can
I remain unable to defy the space-time continuum 🙁
On the plus side of things, it’s abundantly clear to me already that each section (I have 3) has a great group of people enrolled. As an educator, really that’s about the best you can ask for. This is gonna be teh OS-SOME!
