The only advice I have for future students in any subject matter is to be curious. This course is extensive as far as the amount of information covered and a number of activities required to complete. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. But I found it extremely useful because of its main strength – to foster inquiry rather than provide a definitive answer. Since I have been in an instructional design field for a number of years now, this allowed me to go off the beaten path and pick areas of inquiry I might not otherwise have had a chance to explore. Keep an open mind, take advantage of conversations with “big people,” practicing professionals in this field (trust me, you will not have many such opportunities elsewhere) and do the work 🙂 Always do the work.