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Reflection on Week 2 and 3

Week 2
In week 2, my group and I worked on the analysis design document.  The way we split the work was for all four members to place their name in the areas they wished to work on.  For our group this worked very well however, I can’t help but feel that my writing skills are not as advanced as the other members of my group.  I had continuously look at an example of Blooms Taxonomy to complete this assignment.  We also met with our client (online) and our meeting was very productive as it cleared some misunderstandings.  For example, we had originally believed that our target audience was going to be the Houston University Downtown students but as it turns out our target audience will be faculty, staff, and volunteers acting as mentors to minority students.  We were also able to pinpoint exactly what the project’s name needs to be as well as identifying some of the learning modules. 


Week 3
For week 3, we read about how knowledge is constructed and the meaning of Epistemology.  I have to admit that learning theories and philosophy are not my strongest areas but I seem to always come back to the same of opinion about learning… which is Constructivism.  I can now say, after a year in this LTEC program, that my view as to how learning takes please leans towards the constructivist theory.  I believe that learning is constructed using previously attained knowledge and experiences.  Just like in this master’s program, I have slowly built my knowledge about learning based on previous readings, assignments, and discussions.  

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