Distance Education Portfolio Project
Some Resources to Get You Started
Textbooks
- Read Chapter 20 in Trends and Issues in Instructional Technology
Websites
- Excellence in Online Teaching
- International Centre of Distance Learning (ICDL)
- Online Educational Delivery Applications
- The Commonwealth of Learning - Home Page
Project Sample
- Hard Rock Academy - Developed by Grace Judge & Ali Ryan
- View Grace's reflections on the project
Items to be Addressed
- Item 1 - 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 this field.
- Item 2 - Your text described a wide range of media that have been used for distance learning in the international setting. Briefly describe what you see as the advantages and disadvantages of each of these media as vehicles for presenting distance learning in the international area. Support your findings with the appropriate resources.
- Item 3 - A textiles manufacturer that is opening a production facility in Mexico has just hired you as an Instructional Technologist. Your first assignment is to develop an orientation module for the Mexican employees. Describe the cost, accessibility, and quality issues that have to be taken into consideration when delivering distance education to this market. Recommend a solution to address the aforementioned issues. Support your findings with the appropriate documentation.
- Item 4 - Develop an annotated set of 8-10 resource links that will assist an Instructional Technologist developing materials for the international marketplace. 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 the international marketplace. 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 distance education 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) |
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| 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.