Job #1
www.astd.org/astd/Careers/job_bank.htm
This link did not work, so I went to the ASTD main page and selected the Job Bank.I found the following job: http://jobs.astd.org/jobs#/detail/4685906
It is for an Instructional Design Specialist for the ACFE (Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners) In this position I would work with their research team to make sure that the educational materials and technologies are educationally appropriate and effective.I think it would be interesting to work for this company because I would like to know more about fraud and help teach others how to combat it.
Position requirements that I meet:
- Bachelors Degree in educational technology, instructional design, or related field.
- Experience with instructional design methodologies, adult learning principles, and e-learning development.
- Experience in an educational or professional publishing environment preferred.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Experience working in and strong affinity for working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Job #2
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=QHKCV0V&ff=21&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J8D75M67QT9SVZX8YSJ
In this job is a Learning and Development Specialist. I would work with others to develop and deliver educational training for the Daisy Brand company.
Requirements that I meet:
- College degree required. A bonus if in a related field, e.g. Human Resources, Education, Business Administration, or Organizational Development.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail and respond to short project deadlines with accuracy.
- Experience with adult training methods, needs assessment and evaluation methodology. Ability to design training using a blended approach.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to create innovative solutions.
- Ability to function as a self-motivated team player capable of working with minimal supervision.
- Desire to continue to learn and grow professionally and personally.
Job #3
http://education.indiana.edu/Default.aspx?TabId=10529&cat=academic
This job is my favorite job. I think this one relates the most to an area I would enjoy. When I think about my future job I keep coming back to education because that is my passion. This job is for the position of Educational Technology Facilitator. I would be providing "leadership, assistance, and mentoring in the implementation of technology and communication tools to support teachers in their delivery of the curriculum".
I meet all of the requirements:
Experience teaching, working with teachers, and extensive experience in the effective use of technology in the classroom required. Team player with excellent organizational and time management skills to handle multiple projects simultaneously. Superior customer service and communication skills required. Bachelors degree.
Self-Assessment
For a self-assessment I used the Skills Profiler at http://www.careeronestop.org/. You rate yourself from a 1 to 7 skill level in areas such as: active listening, service orientation, and management of material resources. Some of the skills that I rated highest were:instructing, monitoring, material selection, and service orientation.
Then the program took the skills that I rated the highest and used them to present possible career paths that require those skills. Several different types of teaching type professions were recommended, which is not surprising because teaching is my passion. Some surprising recommendations were: probation officer (not a good fit for a pre-K teacher!) and Mathematical Technician...I am not sure why it recommended this one because I did not rate mathematical skills very highly at all. I was also happy to find that my future job as a librarian was mentioned. That makes me feel like I am on the right path. I think that overall I am very service oriented, any job I have ever been interested in has related to helping others. I will continue to steer in that direction and develop other additional goals that are needed for service oriented jobs I am interested in. This assessment would be useful when I am writing my resume' because it helped me to reflect on skills that are a strength for me.
Professional Organizations
American Society for Training and Development
Mission: to “empower professionals to develop knowledge and skills successfully".(Source:http://www.astd.org/ASTD/aboutus/missionAndVision.htm)
Membership cost: $59-$349 depending on length of membership and membership level.
Publications: T+D-their monthly magazine,Infoline,and ASTD Research
Conferences: 2012 International Conference and Exposition,World Class Benchmarking:Seeing Success in Action, ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 Conference, Learn from the Best, and the ASTD STADA ASIA Pacific Conference Professional Development:ASTD has webcasts that members can attend to that cover a variety of topics.
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Mission: “AECT is an international professional association dedicated to providing leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest is the use of technology and its application to the learning process”.
(Source: http://aect.site-ym.com/)
Membership cost: ranged from $75 for a new student to $400 for a corporate membership
Publications: iTech Digest Winter 2012 and Open Content Portal
Conferences: 2012 International Convention, International Student Media Festival, and Assoc. for Educational Communications and Technology Research Symposium
Professional Development:A global chat forum for professionals to share ideas.
Professional Publications
Educational Technology Publications
Focus/Goal: Presents articles analyzing scientifc research done in educational settings
Submission Guidelines: Very long, so here is the link http://bookstoread.com/etp/guidelines.htm
Peer reviewed? No
Online journal? No
Educational Researcher
Focus/Goal: "Educational Researcher publishes scholarly articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines".
Submission Guidelines: Link to their definition of Scientifically Based Research- http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?id=6790 and a the link to submit research- http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/edr.
Peer reviewed? Yes
Online? Yes, can be viewed in full-text searchable format
Competencies for Instructional Design
When considered the most important competencies for instructional design I found Table 27.3 in our text very helpful. A compentency that I would include would be: "communicate in written, oral and visual forms". An instructional designer is responsible for teaching and conveying information and must be literate in all learning modes to accommadate different learning styles.This falls in with the competency "Select and use a variety of techniques for detemining instructional content. As I studied this further I began to see how these compentencies went hand in hand. I also feel that " Select or modify existing instructional materials" and "update and improve one's skills and knowledge" are essential because learning is always changing and you must be able to adapt and meet challenges.
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