Reflection Letter

August 29, 2025

Reflecting on my journey thus far towards the M.Ed. in Educational Technology, it’s hard to believe I’ve already earned twelve credits in the last four months and have already made progress towards the next six.  They must call the online program “accelerated” because it feels like careening down the interstate with your foot on the gas!

 

The courses I’ve completed: Instructional Design; Educational Communications; Foundations of Research in Education; and Foundations of Learning, Cognition, and Social Development – and the courses I’ve just begun: Instructional Technology and Web-Based Multimedia in Instruction – have given me ample opportunity to reflect on my twenty years of classroom teaching and to ponder the career shift I hope to make next spring.

 

I’ve implemented many technological changes in my classrooms over the last couple of decades.  I’ve enjoyed integrating online resources and multimedia into my lesson and unit design, and I’ve enjoyed helping my colleagues adapt and take advantage of the pedagogical opportunities that come with new tech.

 

I loved being in the classroom for a long time, but now life circumstances have me seeking a shift to remote work.  I hope that my experience and passion for teaching, communication, instructional design and technology, and educational multimedia will lead to a design position with an EdTech company, K12 publisher, or e-learning developer for higher education.

 

Today’s learners are highly tech-savvy.  I look forward to meeting them where they are – online! – and designing attention-grabbing, engaging, clearly communicated, and highly effective instructional materials to facilitate their learning journey – even as I continue my own learning journey every day.

 

C. R. Richard