Week 7 -- Live Evaluation
On Tuesday, I met with part of my client team and presented my materials thus far.
The presentation went so-so. I realized that I had not adequately prepared my participants. They were my secondary clients and I had made too many assumptions about their knowledge of and investment in the project. We spent a large portion of the meeting getting everyone on the same page - what is the project and why are we here.
As we started into the presentation, my major concern with my design was confirmed. By using two different paradigms for the presentation versus the job aid, I had confused my audience. What I had been attempting to do was create a stand-alone job aid as the takeaway and a typical F2F training session. My previous concept of an exceptional training session (especially one that uses PowerPoint) only uses the slide show as a prompting device, not the content delivery mechanism. Having taught PowerPoint ad nauseum, this is a design tip that I strongly stress. This might have worked however the presentation was category/task oriented and the job aid was linear. This disconnect presented difficulty to my audience following the presentation.
Additionally, I was surprised at a cultural sensitivity that I completely missed. By using the Children's programming titles, I alienated my audience with my first slide. "Who is Mr. Rogers?" It never occurred to me that my metaphor was culturally bound. Once I explained the metaphor being used throughout the presentation, my clients were able to follow more easily. But this certainly is an area ripe for revision.
So this week, I'm revising what I've created and hope to meet with my primary client next week. It'll be nice to put this phase of the project to rest.
2 comments:
Just thinking about the grades here. I have as of yet gotten one e mail regarding my grades with the moodle system and when I go to the system to check on grades it is just listed as a - in all boxes. I feel like I do not have enough information on how we are graded or when the grades are or will be posted. I just wondered if I am the only one who is missing the grades in this class or if everyone else is also not receiving them yet. I feel like I really need more feedback in this class. I feel bad saying something but it has me a little worried this late in the semester.
Adalheidur Reed
We always learn from our experiences. I sometimes speak to parents using things I used with my first graders and they look at me with a blank stare on their face haha. You are doing a great job and it will be an even better product in the long run from your learning experiences :)
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