CSULA-Fall 2018. Reflection Intro Blog #1

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Did I choose the right Master's Degree? 

       I have pondered on this question since the moment I applied for graduate school. I would like to share with you all that that regardless of the different names the field of Education Design Instruction and Technology has been subject to, Instructional Design is a very dynamic field, and as such it should not be surprising that the name to identify this field has changed at least 5 times since it was first coined in 1920, (approximately).

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       In the 1920 for instance, this field was viewed with a media perspective in mind whereas in the 1940s with radio invention it was viewed and treated as an audiovisual field. Then there was T.V. In the 1950s this field was not only viewed with an audiovisual perspective in mind, but with the idea that visuals were the primary way to depict technology. Computers!!! Computers were introduced to the population at around the 1960s and 1970s, by then technology was viewed as a process that helps us solve complex problems using...computers... Get the idea?? Yes, very dynamic indeed, and that is the beauty of it...it is for this reason that I have decided to pursue a degree in this field.



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