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below are all of the assignments and projects for this
course. They are split into two groups:
Individual
Learning
Team
Individual
Assignments & Projects
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Due |
Description |
Where
to Post |
| Week
1 |
Overview:
The
capstone project puts you in the seat as the instructional
designer in an e-learning environment. This is meant
to be a hypothetical situation, but you may use your
real-life situation if it fits the project. It must
be an adult learning situation.
You
will be determining a performance gap, finding the solution
and designing the appropriate e-learning activity to solve
the problem.
The
Capstone Project has been divided into these three section:
The
details for each section are below. Please read through
the entire project and start working on it this week.
Post any questions that arise in the main newsgroup.
But
first, you must complete UOP's Week 1 assignment:
Write
a 1050-word Technology Changes Paper answering
the following questions:
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What major advances in technology have occurred in
the past 10 years?
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How
do these advances impact the development and delivery
of e-Education?
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What
are the ramifications of these advances?
The
Technology Changes Paper is due in Week 1 along with an
executive summary presentation. Executive Summaries should
be no more than 1 page in Word, or 5 slides in PowerPoint.
Post
the paper in the Assignments Newsgroup and the Executive
Summary in the Main newsgroup under the Week 1 thread.
Use
the following naming convention for your paper file, techchange_firstinitiallastname.doc.
For example, my paper would be named techchange_ecollinsbrown.doc.
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Paper - Assignments
Exec. Summary
- Main
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| Week
2 |
Background,
Needs Assessment and Problem Statement
- 10 pts.
Write
a 500-word summary that outlines the background of the your
hypothetical organization (company, institution, or other).
This should include the size of the organization, the geographic
scope of the company, the type of product or services the
company produces, etc. Think in terms of how you will be
able to implement a web-based, multimedia, mixed or fully
online training product as a solution to a problem you will
identify through your needs assessment.
Conduct
a needs assessment for your 'organization'. Focus on finding
the performance gap. The solution will be delivered using
multimedia, web-based, or online; or a mixture of online
and face-to-face (typically called blended).
Write
a 500 - 1000 word Needs Assessment and Problem statement
and add to the background summary. You may want to use the
following questions as a guide:
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What is the problem? What is the current situation and
why is this a problem?
- What
is it that the learners should be able to do?
- What
is the performance gap (The difference between the current
and desired situation)?
- How
much of the performance gap is caused by lack of knowledge,
skills, motivation, and/or attitude? Explain.
Add
this to your background paper (for a total
of 1000 - 1500 words) and post in the Main newsgroup
under the Week 2 thread, topic Needs Assessment.
Use
the following naming convention for your paper file, needsproblem_firstinitiallastname.doc.
For example, my paper would be named needsproblem_ecollinsbrown.doc.
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Main
Newsgroup
Check
Calendar for Due Date |
| Week
3 & 4 |
Clientele,
Context and Content 20 pts.
Write
a 1500 - 2000 word paper describing who the learners
are, what the context is in which they are currently
working and will be using the new skills, knowledge,
etc., and what the solution to the performance problem
will be.
Clientele
and Context:
- Who
are the learners?
- What
is the learner's background, level of skill, knowledge,
and motivation?
- What
is the environment in which the learners work?
- What
skills, knowledge, experience do the learners already
have?
- What
skills, knowledge, experience do the learners need to
acquire to reach the desired performance level?
Content:
- What
is your solution for narrowing the performance gap?
Why?
- What
are the implications of the learner characteristics
and environment?
- What
is the instructional goal for your training?
- What
are your instructional strategies?
- What
are your first and second choices for delivery? Explain
your rationale and use research to support your ideas
for each choice.
- What
resources are available to you to create the instruction?
Post
in the Main newsgroup under the Week 4 thread, topic
CCC.
Use
the following naming convention for your paper file, ccc_firstinitiallastname.doc. For
example, my paper would be named ccc_ecollinsbrown.doc. |
Main
Check Calendar for
Due Date |
| Week
5 & 6 |
Instructional/Training
Design Plan - 15 pts.
Choose
one lesson to develop a design plan for. Write a 1000 -
1500 word design plan answering the following:
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What are the topics and objectives for your training?
- What
instructional materials will you develop? How will they
be used? Explain your rationale and use research to support
your ideas.
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How long will it take to deliver?
- How
will you assess the learners? Explain your rationale and
use research to support your ideas.
- How
will you evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction?
How will you evaluate if you closed the performance gap?
Explain your rationale and use research to support your
ideas.
Post
in the Main newsgroup under the Week 6 thread, topic
Design Plan.
Use
the following naming convention for your paper file, designplan_firstinitiallastname.doc.
For example, my paper would be named designplan_ecollinsbrown.doc. |
Main
Check Calendar for
Due Date |
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Learning
Team Assignments and Projects
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Due |
Description |
Where
to Post |
| Week
1 |
Learning
Team Charter |
Assignments |
| Week
2, 3, 4, & 5 |
Discussion
Questions- 20 pts
With
the new classroom model adopted by UOP in November, the
Learning Teams are now allowed to answer the Discussion
Questions. I have divided them between individual and
learning team assignments. Generally there will be one
individual DQ and one learning team DQ in Weeks 2, 3,
4 & 5. There will be no discussion questions in Week
6.
Individual discussion questions responses will be due Thursday of
these weeks and the team discussion question responses
will be due on Sunday.
Please
refer to each week's learning module for the discussion
questions.
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Main |
| Week 2, 4, 6 |
Learning
Team Evaluations- 10 pts
Per
UOP's best practices for Learning Teams, I would like
you to fill out a Learning Team Evaluation at the end of
Week 2, 4 & 6. You may either copy and paste the
word document in an email and send it to me, or edit
the word document, save it with the week # somewhere
in the filename and post it to the Assignments folder.
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Post
to Assignments
Check Calendar for
Due Date |
| Week
6 |
No
Team Assignments |
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