Evaluating, Implementing and Managing Instructional

1. Chapter 10 discusses evaluation in instructional design and provides you with two evaluation models, the CIPP and Kirkpatrick models for evaluation. Search for at least two other models used for evaluation and summarize these models. Describe how you would use them to evaluate your instruction.

I choose the Transdisciplinay Evaluation Model and Consumer Oriented Evaluation Model.   The Transdisciplinay Evaluation Model is a model that some researcher can use to evaluate their own research. This model is classified with three disciplines that you can use for evaluation. They are   Field of Evaluation, Filed of Application and Discipline. As a future educator, I feel this model can be related to instruction.  Teachers can use this model to evaluation themselves on lesson taught to the students. The field of application can be represented by the lesson.  The discipline can be represent by the strategies use to convey the lesson to the students. The field of evaluation can measure using an assessment to see if the students mastered the lesson. Consumer Oriented Evaluation is related to customer product. Is there a need for the product and will customer go out and buy. Will you be evaluating the developed of the product are the end result of the product.  As this model relates to instruction, teacher have to continuous evaluate there students there out the year to know the strengths and weakness as a leaner. When teachers allow student to help facilitate their own learning it can make evaluation easier. This will allows teacher to make summative assessment of their students at the end of the year.

2. Think about a technological innovation within your social system that was recently introduced (social system = place of work, home, etc.). Any innovation has what is known as perceived attributes - relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Describe these attributes of the innovation and which of the attributes assisted and/or hindered adoption of the innovation. For example, was it not compatible with the existing beliefs of the system or was it overly complex to use or understand?

There was a recent change at work. They removed the regular coffee machine with new digital coffee machines.

Relative advantage- cost effective and give employer a variety of choice (coffee, tea, and hot chocolate all dispense from one machine)

Compatibly- you can compare new machines to retailer coffees such as starbucks

Complexity- more thing consuming and reading through different screens then just putting on a pot of coffee.

Trialability- I think it took about a week to get use to the new machines. No communication from manage advising of the change and no instructions on how to use it. Using the machine was like trial and error for about a week.

 Observability-since the machine offer variety of choice –It  just doesn’t cater to coffee drinker, but to tea and hot chocolate drinker as well.

3. Chapter's 12 & 13 focus on project management and how to manage projects when resources are scarce. You have been assigned to develop a series of professional development sessions focusing on technology use in the classroom for teachers. How will you use Situational Leadership to facilitate this project?

I would focus on:

·         Relative advantage- each time you incorporate technology into your lesson make sure there is a relative advantage

·         Assessing what   resources are available and making sure the teacher are using them- We never want to waste money on funding technology because teachers are not using the resources

·         Example of ways to incorporate technology in the classroom

Digital story telling

Interactive PowerPoint’s

Instructional software-Internet

Pod cast for –iPods  products

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