Personal Reflection

Everything I know about being a teacher has been learned over the last two years as a new faculty member at Mass. College of Pharmacy and student of the Post University graduate program.  My formal education is in science and medical imaging.  Though during my studies I did have teachers, I never knew the protocols they used to create the material for class.  From the readings this unit I discovered that the college where I teach follows the Dick, Carey, and Carey (DCC) model of instructional systems design. It wasn't until I read the Gustafson & Branch paper that I understood the process I was following was indeed a known practice.  The most important aspect of the instructional systems design and learning about the ADDIE and DCC models that I am going to assuredly incorporate into my educational practice is evaluation.  Though formative and summative evaluations are used thoughout the clinical program,  I didn't obtain any evaluations of one of my assignments this past semester.  In EDU 520, the PLE I created was for my MRI students.  It is a resource for learning and understanding the principles of MRI.  I created the template and had my third year students provide the content.  It was a great project for me to be able to use my graduate course work with my students though I wish I had performed Level 1 and Level 2 evaluations to assess student reaction to the assignment and determine whether performance objectives were being achieved.  To correct for this oversight,  the incoming class will complete evaluations throughout their senior project.