My expectations (copy of 572 post)

Below is a copy of a post I made to the EDTEC572 class blog site. I will copy all such posts here.

"Hmmm.

When I first signed up for the course I thought it would concentrate on how to use various technologies to design e-Learning courses, or simulations, or even virtual reality representations. I was a little disappointed when I found the focus of the course was instructor-led training. However, after giving it a small amount of thought I realized how very practical (and worthwhile) a class focusing on using technology to improve instructor-led training is. Considering that well over half of all training conducted in 2004 is still instructor-led, learning how to use technology in those classes is surely an important pursuit.

Therefore, I suppose I hope to learn more about how to incorporate various technologies into instructor-led classes that I design and develop. I want to learn how to make better use of audio, video, blogging, and various other blended-learning techniques to improve, enhance, and strengthen the educational outcomes of all classes I am involved with.

If we design some type of Computer Based Training we expect to use many technologies to enrich the class. However, we limit ourselves if we choose to not use many of the same technologies in an instructor-led class. I hope to learn how to overcome those limitations in this class."