Hi everyone! I’m Jessica and I’m relatively new to the MET program, this being my 4th course. Instructional design is my second career, as I spent the better part of a decade as a contract lecturer teaching history, global studies and IR courses. During this time I worked with IDs to develop online courses that I went on to teach, and its this experience that pushed me to further develop my handle on instructional design and the realm of ed tech more broadly. It’s been a bit of a learning curve, but I’ve really enjoyed learning from my MET peers, and am particularly looking forward to the opportunities mobile and open learning can bring to the eLearning course developments I’m currently working on.
I really enjoy lazy walks, hot coffee, sunshine and productivity podcasts. Like all hopeless historians, I love spending hours in the archives, working to piece together the stories they tell. Though I have little time for it now, I love this research and writing process, and hope to circle-back to the endless files I’ve accumulated over the years.
Hi Jessica, nice to meet you! Can’t wait to hear more from you this course.
Hi Jessia, I’m a history buff as well. French Revolution, Hanseatic League, Weimar Germany, mostly. Welcome to the course!
Awesome! Do you listen to history podcasts? The History of England podcast is incredible – it’s my cooking companion.
Hi Jessica. Nice to meet a colleague from Ontario. It is getting chilly these days huh?
I agree that it is a bit of a curve to sail on this program, but I am glad that you are in instructional design already. It is an interesting field for me (from a teacher’s perspective).
See you around
Agreed! It is such an important perspective and really has helped me to think most holistically about course design and implementation.
Lovely to meet you, Jessica. What area of history do you tend to research and write about?
Nice to meet you too, Erica! My teaching and research was mostly focussed on West Africa, and particularly women, gender and sexuality in the 20th century. I’ve worked to critique the impact of colonial development policies on women and children in rural northern Ghana. I published a book back in 2016, but it’s mostly just collecting dust on my bookshelf;)
Interesting. What is the book that you wrote called?