Analysis

I really like the idea of doing a very detailed analysis and think it will really help in planning the final project. I am still trying to see how I'm going to apply the knowledge and training I get with the analysis (typing a-n-a-l-y-s-i-s really slows down my super-fast typing) phase of instructional design. At my job, I have to assume a lot about the audience because there really isn't a way for me to research them except by asking my boss, who isn't a SME, or dong the research myself online. I'm always told how I'll do the design that I do. Sure, I get to be creative on many elements of it, but the way, or medium, by which it will be presented is already decided. Maybe the design I've been doing could be a lot better, even if I'm told how to do it?

Of course it can.

Thanks, Dick and Carey! Chapter 5 wasn't as horrific as the chapters before it.