Unit 5: Trends and Issues in Various Settings

Rapid Prototyping  could easily be used in an educational setting. If a team were to develop an online class on Biology they could make mock-ups of lessons that explain a certain biological process. The mock-ups could be agreed upon in team meetings. The ID people could develop the scripts and evaluations and the graphic artists/web developers would have a working model to start with. This would help with revision time because everyone would work towards an agreed upon outcome.

Using the Full Spectrum diagram I would offer the military the following advice:

·         Develop specific training geared towards rank, job category and skill for classroom delivery using computers.

·         Take the same training and place the materials on portable media such as CD-ROMS so when personnel needs to be trained on a base without a central WAN, they can still receive the same level of training as they would on a base designed for training.

·         Make a few hard copies of the relevant materials to be used in the field if they need to quickly train someone and do not have enough computers to use. They should still have access to the CD-ROMS for training.

To introduce the GSTE and Step-Up-To-Excellence methodologies to my colleagues I would design the following activity:

·         Tell the story of the Chaguach School District in Alaska with relevant pictures so the audience could get a feel for the environment.

·         Describe the two models with graphics.

·         Have them get in groups to discuss changes that could be made to our school system.

·         Have them share up to three of the issues and write them on a board.

·         Have each group pick an issue and demonstrate how one of these methodologies could be applied and have them share it with the rest of the groups.

Faculty Development Opportunities by University
School	TWU	UNT	UTA
What are the different names used for faculty development?	Professional Development Opportunities	Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment and redesign	Blackboard Faculty Resources and OIT training and Documentation Services team.
What division is it under?	Instructional Support Services	Under the direction of a steering committee consisting of professors, deans and administrators.	Center for Distance Education and IT.
What services does it offer?	Training on: Blackboard Teaching & Learning Office Productivity Technology Spotlight	They offer training in Blackboard, Videoconference training, how to create quality online educational materials, and short brown bag sessions.	Face to face training, manuals, and tutorials.
How often are programs given and what specifically are they?	They offer monthly classes on Blackboard What’s New, Gradebook, Assessments and Assignments. They offer training on Outlook, folders and surveys periodically. They also periodically offer training on teaching and learning topics and other specialty technology products.	They offer several trainings a month on such topics as Blackboard, Wimba, clicker training and wikis.	Blackboard offesr two Blackboard trainings a few times a month. OIT offers several topics including Office, Web Design, other software products and Faculty IT services. They typically offer weekly classes.