System Specification Presentation and the Design Concept

This morning we presented our systems specification to Joe. We all met using Adobe Breeze. Joe had uploaded our PowerPoint presentation before hand and we were all given presenter "rights' for our presentation so we could click to progress the slides as we worked through our respective topics within the System Specification. All in all the presentation went well, although I think I talked a bit too long during the presentation. However, we did do a lot of work as a group and I was anxious to show it off during our meeting. Ann and Melissa both did a great job and spoke effectively during the presentation.

From here we are moving to the Design Concept which is described as:

Submitted in the form of a 1,500-2000 word memo, the Design Concept will use crisp narratives, concise lists and outlines, and other textual and graphics devices to help readers envision the design of a small instructional product or portion of a product that is consistent with the Design Team's System Specifications. The Design Concept must be sufficiently developed to allow readers to understand the purpose and justification for design.

This part of the project has me a little intimidated as it is probably going to be the largest assignment that we have to individually develop for the class this semester. There are some case studies from past projects that are very useful in guiding us as to the different aspects that are to be included. Also, I will need to brush up on my reading of Ruth Clark's "Developing Technical Training", as I have fallen behind in my reading and I need to catch up. Much of the foundation that she lays here, specifically the chapter(s) dealing with instructing processes, will be used in my Design Concept (DC). As part of the DC we are also expected to include some screen captures of what our instructional product might look like to the learner. I have some ideas on this, but I need to get them down on paper and i should be posting those mock-ups/sketches in the next week or so. it looks like a lot of writing, but this is the part of the project where the "rubber meets the road" so to speak.