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MIT 530:
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Product Examining Diversity within the Watson School of Education Curriculum (main document) Macro-Level Plan (page 3) Needs Assessment (page 5) Learner Analysis (page 20) Evaluation Survey Instrument (page 21) Evaluation Report (page 18) Gantt Change Management Timeline (page 30)
Product Change Management Plan (main document of the Change Mgmt. Plan) Diffusion Strategies (page 13 of the Change Management Plan Document)
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Context & Conditions Examining Diversity within the Watson School of Education Curriculum was designed and developed as a partial requirement for MIT 530 Evaluation and Change in Instructional Development. The project was completed under the guidance of Dr. Sue-Jen Chen during the spring semester of 2007. The change module was developed for the Watson School of Education (WSE) Diversity Committee to explore the level of diversity communicated within the curriculum. The WSE committee was interested in discovering how professors perceive and implement diversity awareness activities within their classrooms. Allison Rossett’s Training Needs Assessment and Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels Of Evaluation, guided the examination and summary of the project. Scope The MIT 530 project is designed to include tools and techniques for evaluating the continuous process of collecting, synthesizing, and interpreting information to assist problem-solving and decision-making for change (2007). The project included measuring outcomes, quantitative and qualitative data, and congruency with the objectives. Characteristics of validity and reliability were included in the study and a detailed study of Rossett’s Training Needs Assessment (TNA) guided the entire project. Evaluation data was extracted from one-on-one, extant, small group, and field results. A Change Management Plan was independently developed from the TNA as was a summative evaluation report. Role § Instructional Designer § Change Agent I participated in a team of four graduate students who designed an extensive training need assessment (TNA) analysis and evaluation document of diverse curriculum activities for the Watson School of Education (WSE) Diversity Committee. I o explored with my classmates, the current status of diversity education within the curriculum. I also reviewed available extant data from survey’s, questionnaires, interviews, one-on-one and field information. The results of my findings were combined with the team’s information to develop optimal situations for implementing diversity within the WSE curriculum. I helped to develop Gantt charting of all activities and timelines. Representing a Change Agent I designed and presented four main processes involved in the diffusion of innovation by identifying the key individuals who could impact the planned change. The four processes included: (1) deeper and wider acceptance (2) matching change agent activities to adoption steps (3) gaining group acceptance (4) and solidifying adoption. I also planned detailed strategies for implementing the intervention to include diffusion and the steps to achieve diffusion. All activities are recorded in the Gantt change management timeline. Reflection The MIT 530 project enforced the importance of a front end needs assessment in order to establish the true goal. Each evaluation strategy provided evidence to adopt a change within the organization. I encourage implementing each step within the design for change strategies when designing a needs assessment |
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