Monday, July 25, 2011

Blog 5

The Institutional Issues assignment reminded me of an assignment in a prior course.  We worked on teams and created a formative evaluation report. Below is a tid bit of our report:

            The purpose of this Formative Evaluation Report is to improve materials by evaluating the design plan.  This Formative Evaluation Report follows the basic model according to authors Morrison, Ross, Kalman, & Kemp (2009).  The target audience is the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) employees. 
The issues surround utilizing computer-based instruction via Internet with provision of a hard copy resource for an asynchronous, individualized and paced content delivery strategy for employees of the ADPH.  Therefore, this formative report evaluates the design plan for an individualized and paced method of comprehending and applying four terminal objectives.  These objectives consist of learning the function and purpose of the LCMS; how to login to the LCMS; how to take a course; and, how to print a course transcript.  These foundational objectives serve to empower the learner to answer key questions.  After receiving the instruction, can the learners state the function and purpose of the LCMS; demonstrate how to login to the LCMS; demonstrate how to take a course; and, demonstrate how to print a course transcript? 
My present employment at a community college provides ample opportunities to apply the skills from our institutional issues assignment.  There are numerous questions about copyright that I would love to see solidified (I think).  With that being said, I am hoping not to need to revise anything of my past work, in regards to copyright laws.  To illustrate, the college purchased a DVD series for utilization in helping students prepare for state board exams.  Would providing materials via Blackboard from this DVD set that the college purchased be breaking copyright laws??? I'm thinking no, based on my reading in the assignment, because the college purchased these materials for purposes of education.  If the student copied and used the materials on another website, I'm understanding that those actions would be breaking a copyright rule....  This course is very helpful and I am certainly enjoying this journey!

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