Recording my first podcast.

For my latest subject assignment, I have bravely entered the world of podcasting with zero broadcasting experience under my forte. The result was literally days of record, delete, record, edit, delete and then that was perfect! Well, at least for me *take a bow* ☺ If you are comfortable with talking to get your ideas across, and you are not scared of a little technical adventure, then you are more than ready to start your own podcast. Ok, here is my podcast you are looking for.

So why begin a podcast? A podcast is an approach to contact a crowd of people that you would not achieve generally with simply your blog. There is an expanding number of individuals who tune in to podcasts more than they read web journals.The existing of podcast help students in self study, listening in class, encourage students to find their interest topic and many more.

While a podcast is an awesome method to convey new followers to your blog, it is not by any means the only reason you should begin one. Not only that, you can also connect with your group of onlookers on a more individual level. Hearing somebody talk is, almost certainly, more effective and entertaining rather than perusing words on a screen. With this sort of association, you can pick up your audience's trust and stand out enough to be noticed in lesser time than it takes to peruse a blog entry. 

What are you waiting for? Hurry up, get a microphone, start recording on Audacity (or any online audio editor) and upload it to podcast medium like SoundCloud.  

Instructional Design?

Going back to class after a long break can be tough but surprisingly me and my other friends managed to maintain the hard times. To let you know, I have been away from class for few days as I has decided to join as volunteer for the international event- 9th World Urban Forum that was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. It was organised by the United Nations. Trust me, it worth every drop of sweat I spent there. 

A selfie with the inspiring leader
Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing,
Housing and Local Government,
Dato' Halimah Sadique during WUF9

For me, this is the time for personal growth and learning about yourself into becoming the awesome person you were always meant to be. I always take a challenge in as many ways I can (eventhough people see me as "soft" or fragile individual) but it is okay as long as I have the chances to always grab any kind of fruitful lifetime experiences. 

For this week class, I will share with you about the Instructional design. It is actually a  process of creating instructional experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more efficient, effective, and appealing. It generally involves finding the most effective ways to provide knowledge and skills to learners of all ages. Here through out this learning process, you able to learn on the creation of syllabus, planning of lesson and material selection and adaptation. The main goal of this ID is to construct a learning environment in order to provide the learners with the conditions that support the desired learning process. 

The focus of this ID will be an instructional design model called ADDIE. A model is a simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event. The ADDIE model has been a very popular model and some experts have made their own version of the ADDIE model. Let us look closer at the ADDIE model like the Dick and Carey model. It is in systematic instructional design model consist of five phases: 

1) Analysis

During the Analysis phase, the designer identifies many things including the learning problem, goals and objectives, the needs of the learner and the existing knowledge of the learner (key word: Identify)

2) Design

During the Design phase, the designer goes through the process of specifying learning objectives, storyboards, prototypes (key word: Specify)

3) Development

During the Development phase, the content and the learning materials are produced, all based on the design phase. (key word: Produce)

4) Implementation 

During the Implementation phase, the content from phase three is put into the production. The training for the learners and for the teacher are put into place and used. 

5)Evaluation

During the final phase, the designer assesses criteria used and gathers learner feedback. 

There are two types of evaluation that are conducted during this phase which is Formative evaluations and Summative evaluations.