Florida State
University
Instructional
Systems
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Highly
Skilled
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Evaluation
& Research
Gathering
and interpreting data applicable to various aspects of improving
human performance for the purpose of making management and
instructional decisions.
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Assesses and synthesizes data from a variety of sources and draws
logical conclusions from available information (excluding formative
evaluation).
In
EME 6636: A Systems Approach to the Management of Change,
I worked with a group of classmates to conduct background research
on the topic of individual change as it relates to initiating
and maintaining long-term physical activity. For approximately
three weeks, we reviewed journal articles, fitness web sites,
and government reports in an attempt to formulate a problem statement
and analyze that problem according to the transtheoretical model
of personal change. In my final report entitled Analysis
of Individual Change: Initiating and Maintaining Long-Term Physical
Activity in American Adults, I synthesized all of our research,
drew logical conclusions, and made overall recommendations. For
example, on page 3 I pulled data from the Surgeon General's report
on Physical Activity and Health and establish a problem
statement. Then, on page 5 I began analyzing
the problem using concepts from the transtheoretical model
of personal change. Finally, in the last section of the report
I drew conclusions and made recommendations in the form of a roadmap
for personal change.
 2.
Conducts formative evaluations of products.
In
EME 6415: Development of Computer Courseware, two other
students and I wrote storyboards detailing instruction for an
interactive, Web-Based
Tutorial about how to create a drag and drop interaction using
Macromedia's Authorware. After completion of the storyboard, we
asked three potential learners to test out the instruction. We
then took the results from this formative evaluation (a.k.a.,
"alpha test") and compiled an Excel
spreadsheet so that we could analyze, vote on, and decide
which comments to incorporate and which comments to ignore. Receiving
this outside perspective was extremely valuable to our design
and development process and helped us see problems that we did
not realize existed.
3.
Designs and implements appropriate assessments of human performance
and organizational results.
In EDF 5461: Introduction to Program Evaluation, I wrote
a report entitled Evaluation
Study Design. Within this report, I discussed the implementation
of appropriate measures designed to assess the overall performance
of the Naval Aviation Survival Training Program. This report not
only laid the foundation for completing the program evaluation,
but also discussed the procedures needed to make an overall value
assessment, as judged by program stakeholders and experts in the
field of aviation survival training. For example, on page 8 I
discussed the evaluation
plan, which included multiple assessment tools such as a subject
matter expert curriculum review, stakeholder interviews, post-course
student questionnaires, and pre/post test scores.
4.
Designs and implements appropriate assessments of human learning.
Designing
and implementing well-written assessments is an essential part
of any good instructional design process. While taking EDF
5445: Assessment of Learning Outcomes, I had the opportunity
to write multiple performance objectives relevant to learners
in my academic specialization and then create assessment items
designed to test attainment of these objectives. I created short-answer
questions , essay
items (with scoring plans), multiple-choice
questions, and true/false
items all designed to measure different types of knowledge (i.e.,
declarative, procedural, and problem solving).
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