Self Regulated Learning - Director Feedback

Goal/step	Due Date	Status
Step 1 – inquire with colleagues about what key knowledge they wish to be discussed at presentation	February 3, 2020 Morning	Completed ahead of schedule
Step 2 – gain approval of Director for desired outcome of presentation (i.e.- what information or message do we want our administrators to come away with).	February 3, 2020 Afternoon	Completed ahead of schedule
Step 3 – create presentation based on feedback from colleagues and director on information to be addressed.	February 14, 2020	Completed February 17, 2020
Step 4 – provide presentation to colleagues for feedback	February  21, 2020	Feedback received from 3 of 4 colleauges
Step 5 – provide presentation to Director for feedback and approval	February 28, 2020	Completed February 28, 2020
NEW STEP -      Practice presentation on colleague for feedback and to make any necessary revisions	Monday, March 2, 2020	Not completed
Step 6 –  Give presentation a)       Have administrators identify their goals for participating in this presentation (i.e. – specify what they want to get out of it such as understanding the work permit process better, etc.). Encourage formulate ideas of how to achieve their goal. => model process for administrators. b)      set out key ideas and information (i.e.- goals of the presentation) that will be discussed and what is expected of administrators c)        Model behavior expected of new administrators in their role by demonstrating the registration process and what they are expected to submit/do. d)      give administrators feedback on common misconceptions and issues that commonly occurs post-presentation and how to correct them. e)      Allow time for learners to self-reflect on goal(s). f)         Allow open discussion about questions or concerns, give examples to promote group discussion (i.e.- was their goal of the presentation achieved?).	March 5, 2020 2-3pm	Not completed
Step 7 – obtain feedback from administrators regarding the presentation and areas of improvement. Provide questionnaire forms to complete or encourage one-on-one discussions either in person or by phone for those wishing to not complete the form.	March 5, 2020	Not completed
Step 8 – make adjustments to presentation based on administrator feedback Repeat process and return to Step 1 as needed	March 6, 2020	Not completed

     I'm using my lunch break to make this post.

 Step/Goal 4 still has not been completed as my remaining colleague is still sick.

Regarding Step/Goal 5 - I just got out of my meeting with my director regarding the presentation and my anxiety leading up to this meeting was high!

 I explained to her how I intended to use what I have learned in this course to enhance the learning of our administrators at this presentation. 

     Naturally, she was curious as to what self-regulated learning is and I used my additional resources I gathered to help explain it.  I began by presented the articles I found that describes the benefits of Self-Regulated learning for learners with disabilities and another article for adult learners. I used these to demonstrate the wide audience that self-regulated learning can be used by successfully to enrich their learning.

    I emphasized that self-regulated learning will allow our learners to take more responsibility for their learning by setting realistic, but challenging goals, gaining feedback, monitoring their progress to remain focused on the task and determine if learning strategy is useful, maintaining motivation, for example.  I also conveyed that through the process of my demonstrating the thought process that goes into registering a medical trainee with the University of Toronto will help our learners (admins) better understand the process. Lastly, and most importantly, that by having the admins set goals for what they want to get out of the presentation will not only focus their learning,  but motivate them to actually pay attention. This benefits our office so that we are not being constantly interrupted from our work to re-teach information presented in this presentation indefinitely (which we are finding with current administrators).

      Next, I played for my director the video I found on YouTube called "UQx LEARNx Self regulation and self - regulated learning” that can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRHRWXKU6bY . This video not only addresses self-regulated learning, but also when learners are having difficulty becoming self-regulated learners (such as our admins who may be introduced to this pedagogy for the first time) so we know what to help address. An example of this is that motivation can decrease with age.

    I obtained my directors approval.

After Step/Goal 5 I have added an new step based on the recommendations of my classmate, Stephanie. I will be practicing my presentation on my colleague who has already seen the presentation for feedback on Monday, March 2, 2020. I want to know if I am modelling too many processes to the point that the administrators may tune out of the presentation. I also hope to include my colleague who has been sick in this practice run if she is able to come in to work on Monday so I can obtain her feedback.