This week was the first time it felt like I might possibly be out of my depth. Academia has never been a particularly comfortable place for me, and while I have a fairly good deal of experience in delivering training in call centre and classroom environments I have not really needed to give as many considerations as are being presented in this course (one of the benefits of having a complete training solution waiting for me by the time I even arrive at work).
The sheer volume of information being thrown at me already is quite staggering, though I'm hopeful that will soon be able to shift gears in my mind to accommodate this. I feel extremely fortunate that some of my classmates have more previous experience in delivering structured learning in educational establishments outside of corporate environments.
Jackie instructed us to divide ourselves into groups with whom we would develop and deliver our group presentations for Unit 1 of the course, and I joined with Halah Mahmood and Jackie McGinty. We quickly divided the Learning Outcomes between us and began to form a rough plan on delivering the presentation. We agreed that we would spend sometime researching our assigned Learning Outcome in our individual subject specialism and develop our presentation through email and Google Groups before arranging rehearsal times.
I'm looking forward to the group presentation, though I am already finding it extremely challenging. I am becoming increasingly aware of how easy I have had it in my training roles so far and recognise that I am going to need these new skills if I hope to take my career to the next level.
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