As the last class concluded on program evaluations we had an interesting dialogue about the need to evaluate the evaluators. It is important to evaluate the evaluations, and it is equally important to evaluate the evaluators. We discussed the inevitable biases that may affect an evaluation, and the importance of the methods used, as well … More The Need for Meta-evaluations and for Evaluating the Evaluators
Scope Creep I decided to undertake a project in which my professional learning community transitioned from archaic Scantron™ testing to Data Director™. Data Director™ is a fantastic tool that allows educators to evaluate student responses, see problematic questions, compare data across teachers, across years, and across subject matter. Sounds amazing, right? The problem is, … More Scope Creep
Estimating Costs and Allocating Resources The same tried and true resources tend to come up when looking for tools and resources that are most useful in estimating costs and allocating resources. The first resource is one that is recommended, and used over, and over. At the risk, or more likely certainty, of being redundant, Kapp … More Estimating Costs and Allocating Resources
Written, Verbal, or Face to Face Communication? Choosing the appropriate mode of communication, or appropriate modes of communication is crucial to success in project management, instructional design, and quite frankly, in most other fields as well. Image from Microsoft Clip Art. Used in accordance with sharing policy. A “no” said with a laugh, and a … More
It is important to be able to stop and reflect on what went well, and what did not, in a project, in order to determine what will work best, and what will not, in project management, and in sound instructional design. In completing a post-mortem analysis of a project I planned and implemented in 2013 … More Learning from a Project “Post Mortem”
Instructional Design and Project Management As we continue our instructional design journey to include project management, I have been considering the characteristics of a good project manager as presented by Lockitt (2000) which include energy, ability, vision and motivation. These characteristics are also necessary in instructional designers. Lockitt (2000) also states that “the purpose of … More Instructional Design and Project Management
Perceptions of Distance Learning Laureate Education (n.d.) begins the timeline of distance education at 1833. Georgie Miller (2014) starts the timeline even earlier at 1728. The changes in distance education are striking even from a starting point of ten years ago. “Since the 1960s, online learning has dramatically changed affecting small and corporate business, private, … More Perceptions of Distance Learning
Benefits to Distance Learning vs. Face to Face Instruction “The ability to learn asynchronously is one of the primary benefits of online learning. Students are able to reflect upon their ideas before sharing them with the class, leading to more reflective responses and in-depth meaning” (Teacher Stream ®, 2009). Transferring face to face training to … More Considerations for Converting to Distance Learning
Open Courses and Motivation “Open Courses are more than OER and OCW as you can really follow a complete course at no costs (although some ask for a small fee). These open courses include services like interaction with the instructor (s) and other students” (Jansen, 2012). I recently experienced an open course provided by the … More Open Courses and Motivation
Asynchronous Training Solutions “The key to success in an online classroom is not which technologies are used, but how they are used and what information is communicated using the technologies” (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright & Zvacek, 2012). In choosing appropriate technologies for a given instructional situation it is important to “1. Assess appropriate technology for online … More Asynchronous Training Solutions
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