Business Portfolio Project
Some Resources to Get You Started
Textbooks
- Read Chapter 15 in Trends and Issues in Instructional Technology
Library Resources
- State of the Industry 2002 - ASTD's Annual Review of Trends in Employer-Provided Training in the United States
Websites
- American Society for Training and Development
- AECT (Association for Educational Communications & Technology)
- Ibstpi (International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction)
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.)
Project Sample
- Welcome to the Big League: Instructional Design in Business and Industry - developed by Tonia Forlani & Chris Knoth
Items to be Addressed
- Item 1 - Identify the amount of money spent on training in business and industry during the past year. To what extent does this figure reflect internal training and outsourcing? What types of training delivery systems are now most common? How might these expenditures impact today's design practice?
- Item 2 - Many predict a major switch from traditional classroom group delivery of instruction to internet-based instruction. What are the implications of this for the role of the designer? What are the implications for the design process?
- Item 3 - Locate at least three laws, regulations, or judicial decisions that could influence a designer's job. Describe how these decisions will impact the role of an Instructional Designer in business & industry.
- Item 4 - Develop an annotated set of 8-10 resource links that will assist an Instructional Technologist entering business and industry. For example, internet sites that report on surveys, tests and other assessment devices that can be used to assist the Instructional Designer in selecting of tools and techniques. Each site must be evaluated with a 50-100 word overview. All works should be brought together in a section of the portfolio.
- Item 5 - Locate 3-5 professional organizations/publications that would assist instructional designers developing materials for business & industry. Each resource must be evaluated with a 50-100 word overview.
- Item 6
- Based on the information noted in the below listed table and your view of the instructional technology field, answer the following questions:
- Are there any competency areas/domains within business & industry that are not represented in the table? If so, what area(s)/domains are not represented? Modify the table to reflect your additions.
- Do you think that a set (or sets) of competencies needs to exist for professionals in the field of instructional design and technology? If a set (or sets) of competencies is needed, will one set of competencies suffice, or should there be several lists, each representing the desired skills of different groups of professionals within the field? Provide a rationale for your answers.
| Activities | Interrelated Domains | Competency Areas (IBSTPI, 1998) |
Competency Areas (NCATE/AECT, 2000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research & Theory | Professional foundations (including research & theory) | Professional Foundations
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| Analysis | Planning & analysis | Planning & Analysis
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Evaluation
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| Evaluation | Evaluation | ||
| Design | Design | Design & Development
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Design
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| Development | Development | Development
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| Management | Management | Implementation & Management
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Management
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| Implementation | Utilization | Utilization
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| Last updated: January 2003 | |||
- Item 7 - Find two or more articles or websites that discuss the issue of certification within our field. Summarize the points of views expressed, and describe your own views on this issue. Provide a rationale for your views.