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| By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Axel Mellinger (NASA's Swift Sizes Up Comet ISON (03.29.13)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
In the days when constellations dictated scientific prediction, the term “stars align” referenced an omen or a sign. This week has been surreal as I have felt as an observer more than a designer. Perhaps it is anxiety over the “realness” of this work-project disguised as a grad-class-project, or perhaps it is just the cynic in me, but the stars seemed to align this week and that makes me nervous.
Is it all too good to be true?
If you check out my webpage documenting this design journey, you’ll see that I have spent time comparing available curriculum resources to my desired traits. Prior to Tuesday, this chart didn’t include the work of the company Pairin. While I will be writing my own curriculum and designing my own projects and activities to support the personal development program, having outside curriculum as a resource is vital to ensure depth and breadth for consumers in a competency-based program. In my initial survey, I felt pretty dejected at the large gaps left by the identified content providers.
This work, however, led me to a search for alternatives. The supply of soft skill curriculum providers is fairly deep and I was confident that I had to have missed a viable option. Sure enough, this extended research led me to discover Pairin. Now, this is not a product spot. I have no prior experience with this company. I can only attest to my initial inspection. As you can see from my comparison chart, the alignment between Pairin and my soft skill design is incredibly tight. I was delighted.
In addition to this research, I continue to storyboard traits in order to pre-design curriculum. This work led to the identification of prerequisite skills within my continuum. I realized that I am going to have to complete this storyboarding to verify the prerequisites and solidify the design of the skill progression. Also on my website this week, I added a flowchart to help me visualize the process of interaction and assessment for a student. When I have the prerequisites identified, I will be able to test this process and define a timeline for probably student achievement.
So where does that leave me?
I have two major goals for the next week. First, I need to storyboard at least 3 more traits in order to stay on track for completion. Second, I need to continue to research the materials and products offered by Pairin to flesh out specifics on how my program and Pairin resources would blend.
I suppose there is one more goal - stay positive. It is possible that this week’s progress is a result of diligence and hard work and not just a fluke in the system.
If you check out my webpage documenting this design journey, you’ll see that I have spent time comparing available curriculum resources to my desired traits. Prior to Tuesday, this chart didn’t include the work of the company Pairin. While I will be writing my own curriculum and designing my own projects and activities to support the personal development program, having outside curriculum as a resource is vital to ensure depth and breadth for consumers in a competency-based program. In my initial survey, I felt pretty dejected at the large gaps left by the identified content providers.
This work, however, led me to a search for alternatives. The supply of soft skill curriculum providers is fairly deep and I was confident that I had to have missed a viable option. Sure enough, this extended research led me to discover Pairin. Now, this is not a product spot. I have no prior experience with this company. I can only attest to my initial inspection. As you can see from my comparison chart, the alignment between Pairin and my soft skill design is incredibly tight. I was delighted.
In addition to this research, I continue to storyboard traits in order to pre-design curriculum. This work led to the identification of prerequisite skills within my continuum. I realized that I am going to have to complete this storyboarding to verify the prerequisites and solidify the design of the skill progression. Also on my website this week, I added a flowchart to help me visualize the process of interaction and assessment for a student. When I have the prerequisites identified, I will be able to test this process and define a timeline for probably student achievement.
So where does that leave me?
I have two major goals for the next week. First, I need to storyboard at least 3 more traits in order to stay on track for completion. Second, I need to continue to research the materials and products offered by Pairin to flesh out specifics on how my program and Pairin resources would blend.
I suppose there is one more goal - stay positive. It is possible that this week’s progress is a result of diligence and hard work and not just a fluke in the system.
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