FALL 2015
IDT 516: THE FINAL PROJECT
THE ART OF COOKING
I love to cook. Some may disagree but, to me, cooking is an art form.
It is more than preparing a meal to eat per se. It is the creation of a product,
a meal, from myriad parts, ingredients, that do not in anyway resemble the final
product in the end. This is in line with the cliché, the sum, the meal, of the
parts, the ingredients, do not make the whole.
My final project for this Fall 2015
IDT 516 course then is to design, develop, and deliver a learning activity on
how to prepare and cook a salmon meal. This will be a collaborative learning
activity that incorporates the wiki, webtool, PBworks. Since, I have used this
webtool in my collaborative learning group
assignment in Module 4, I appreciate its appropriateness to the design,
development, and delivery of this collaborative learning activity. Importantly,
it not only facilitates real time communication between group members but also
the uploading of instructional videos, photos, and other information that would
be extremely relevant to this learning activity.
Some
may question my choice of learning activity. Others may wonder what it has to
do with IDT. And, there are some who may also want to know what it has to do
with my chosen track, Higher Education. In my view, it is as relevant as other
learning or training activities. At Western Illinois University, there is the
Department of Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising and Hospitality (DFMH) and it
offers four undergraduate degree programs with two being a Bachelor of Science
in Dietetics
and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Foodservice Management. Therefore,
preparing meals is one of their learning activities. This, I know for a fact
since I participated in one of their open house collaborative learning
activities on how to prepare and cook various meals. It is this lasting experience
that has provided the inspiration for me to choose this collaborative learning
activity to design, develop, and deliver.