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Instructional design, or rather becoming a future instructional designer is very new for me. My background has always been in business. As a full-time working professional at a Fortune 100 organization for 34 years I take pride in how I lead, coach, mentor and train employees. In my past role as a facilitator (professional business trainer) for several years I continued to notice gaps in the teaching of multi-generational students. Newly hired employees who immediately attended my classes have a variety of background experiences. Technology experience is where it really varied, the older generations were novice, the generation after were amateurs and some experts and the millennium generation were very tech savvy. My exposure with overseeing how millenniums worked with technology and the challenges the other generational employees had provided me with the idea to consider a new career direction for the future. Beginning my second graduate degree in Instructional Design and Technology has already exposed me to digital tools I had never used. My ultimate purpose and goal would be to help all employees of any generations to effectively learn to use technology. As a future instructional designer it would be important I take an active part in helping to design and redesign the organizations training materials, activities, manuals, give exposure to new technology systems which will better prepare new employees to be confident and able to serve our customers in the most efficient manner.

As a person who thrives with being exposed to using technology on a daily basis, it was surprising to find how challenged I was creating my first blog. I can certainly feel what it is like to move into a new direction with hope for the better as each week passes by. Each day of learning, actively using the tools I learned is a gift of knowledge no one can take away. I look forward to what I learn in EDUC 6115 and for my course peers who might review my blog, please contact me on how to better my blog.