| MIT
510 Macro-Level Design Project
MIT 510 is a course which emphasizes skills and understanding necessary
to create effective, efficient, and appealing instruction in any content
area and with any medium, including live instruction. The focus is on
the actual process (the activities and media required to create and deliver
instruction) and the product (what the instruction should accomplish).
The course project involved
analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating an instructional
system for a particular field site. Serving as the team leader, my group
focused on a strategy for closing the achievement gap between minority
and non-minority US History students in New Hanover County Schools, and
used the New Hanover High School US History courses as the sample group.
Domain
of Instructional Design |
Competencies |
Artifacts |
Rationale
for Inclusion |
| Conduct performance
analysis and determine the appropriateness of instructional solutions
for the problem |
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The front-end
analysis allowed me to examine the problem and determine appropriate
strategies.
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| Plan and conduct
needs assessment |
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A needs assessment
was conducted to determine the “gap” that needed attention.
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| Conduct analysis
of jobs/tasks and content. |
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Appropriate tasks
for instructors and students were included in the plan. |
Domain
of Utilization |
| Competencies |
Artifacts |
Rationale
for Inclusion |
| Apply
leadership techniques with individuals and groups (interpersonal skills,
group dynamics, team building and diffusion of innovations) |
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The
Macro-level Project includes methods of decreasing the minority achievement
gap through the use of interpersonal skills and team building.
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| Demonstrate
a knowledge of the laws and regulations which govern the selection
and utilization of media/emerging technology, including copyright,
censorship, State Board Regulations, Local Board Policies, etc. |
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In
order to complete the planning process, it was necessary for me to
understand laws and regulations pertaining to education and technology.
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Domain
of Management |
| Competencies |
Artifacts |
Rationale
for Inclusion |
| Plan, create,
monitor and facilitate instructional design projects |
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The plan represents
my ability to plan and organize instructional design projects. I was
required to either design or develop instruction while also serving
as the team leader or project manager for the project. |
| Organize the
instructional project or service unit to operate effectively and efficiently |
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In order to
make sure everything went according to plan, a thorough scope document
or analysis was conducted, as well as a work breakdown structure or
timeline.
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| Manage personnel
and facilities |
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Staffing plan
describes roles of all persons affected by the project. |
| Plan and implement
organizational change |
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The project required
my ability to plan and implement change within an organization. |
Domain
of Evaluation |
| Competencies |
Artifacts |
Rationale
for Inclusion |
| Plan and conduct
needs assessment |
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A needs assessment
was conducted for the purpose of determing performance measures. |
| Plan and conduct
summative evaluation of instruction/training |
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A summative evaluation
was planned out in the project. |
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