Final Project - Intervention

Big Professional Development 25 points

Take what you have learned and build a learning intervention (either training or performance support).

Get approval from me for the task. I don't care so much about the size of the project as I do that you go through ALL the steps.

Go through the process of analyzing the target population, the happy place, the gap, the environment. Do this formally, in writing. Then design an intervention, deliver it, evaluate the effectiveness. Specifically think about what instructional decisions you make and why - why use a particular approach or medium? Why did you teach what you taught when you taught it and how you taught it.?

Write a report that explains what you did, why you did it, how it worked, what you would change. Also develop a short presentation for the class.

Goal:

Approach something you are already doing (or a project we agree on together) in a different way.

Formally analyze the users, the needs (based on the goal), the underlying goals, the environment.

See if there is a new take on the end result that you might try.

Try it.

Reflect and see how this new way was better or worse, what you would do differently, what you learned.

Turn in:

Statement of the population.
Needs analysis - both explicit and underlying
Environmental analysis
Intervention
Report on how you applied your intervention and what happened
Suggestions on changes you would do
Be prepared to make a short presentation on what you did and how it worked and what you learned

	Unacceptable 0-2	Acceptable 3-4	Target 5
Formative Analysis	Less than Acceptable	Used more than 1 method of analysis Dug beneath the surface for cause of issue Clear statement of gap Clear statement of population Clear statement of goal Project approved by professor	More than 2 Rich consideration Great detail in gap description Great detail in pop Goals are measurable - time, task, performance
Design		Innovative solution Solution meets needs shown by analysis Solution pushes candidate knowledge/skill set More than one shot training Clear and detailed design Schedule of development	Hybrid solution Clear connection between needs and solution Tried several new things Continued support plan Explain decisions in reflection
Development		Multiple media Appropriate use of media Timely development Easily “accessed” – interface Visual clarity Path for follow up support	Explicitly used Williams and note in reflection Depth and richness of project Pre tested and altered design Quality of materials
Summative Analysis		Clear measure of population learning More than one method of analysis Clear plan of improvement Analysis of both intervention and population	Notes of success based on goals Offer a level 3 or 4 evaluation method Look back at formative analysis and report how accurate your assessments were
Reflections		Reflection contains 2 ideas for improvements or extensions Class presentation clear with useful information Reflection paper indicates real consideration of what was learned and what could be done better.	Ideas for improvement Excellent presentation Detailed reflection paper.