Week 2

In week 1, you identified some learning goals and selected some Communities of Practice (CoP) for networking and learning opportunities. Now, in week 2, you have had some time to explore those CoPs in detail and have plenty to reflect on! Specifically, in your learning blog, please reflect on:

Your learning process in relation to your Week 1 Learning Goals:

• What were your learning intentions for the week and did you follow through on those or did you get sidetracked?  
• I believe my learning intentions were to focus on ADDIE and Participant-Centered Learning. I was sidetracked, however, I still ended up learning about Participant-Centered Learning. This past week I was able to attend the Bob Pike Group conference. All of their training and techniques are for making your training Instructor-led/Participant-focused. While they did not say, ADDIE, some of their techniques for designing training are based on ADDIE and backwards design.
• If you got sidetracked, was it beneficial or do you need to revise your learning strategies in order to stay on track?
• I need to be more mindful and set realistic expectations. Most of all make these expectations time-bound!
• How does what you learned this week relate to what you've previously learned? 
• It built on what I’ve already known. However, it gave examples of activities.

Your CoP involvement:

• What types of interaction have you engaged in with your CoP? Is there anything you have learned intentionally or unintentionally from your interactions this week?
• I have not engaged with the CoPs that I signed up for. The Facebook page didn’t seem very active and then all of sudden a post actually appeared on my feed.
• How is your involvement in this CoP similar to, and different from, other learning networks/CoP you've interacted with, and what might you need to change/keep the same in order to improve your experiences?
• I haven’t actively participated in CoPs prior to this course. While I follow QM on Facebook and Inside Higher Ed on Twitter, it’s more for a quick glance at the title of the article and nothing more. If it strikes as interesting, I may save it for later reading, but mainly forget about it.