Enrolling in the Program

I met with my mentor on Wednesday to enroll in my program.  I learned a lot about how the classes are structured and I love the way they scaffold the courses.  We talked about assessments (Objective and Performance) and pacing for the semester.  Once we covered everything she enrolled me in my four courses for the first semester:

• Foundations of Instructional Design
• Instructional Design Analysis
• Issues in Instructional Design
• Instructional Design Production

I decided to take the pre-assessment for my first course without doing any reading just to see how much I have learned about instructional design at work.   If I would have scored just one more percentage point I would have passed on the first try.  So I feel great about the foundation I will be building upon.  I have set a schedule for myself and I am very excited to get started on my journey! 

Back to School

On October 1st I will be a student again!  I decided to get my M.Ed. in Learning and Technology from Western Governors University.   I have been a fan of WGU's competency-based structure for quite some time now so I decided to "walk the walk" and register.  

At this point I have only gone through the admissions process and the Education Without Boundaries orientation, but I have to say I am pretty impressed.  My enrollment counselor was great to work with and was very helpful.  Now that I am officially a WGU student I have been assigned a student mentor and will meet with this person once a week for at least the first semester.  Then as I start individual courses I will be assigned course mentors, who are subject matter experts, who will help guide me through the courses.

I am very excited about the program and this new educational experience!