Week 5

The four week pilot ended this past Sunday, and overall I am pretty pleased with how it went. I have a focus group planned for March 10, so I'll be able to see if the participants felt the same way. There are a few changes I plan to make even before speaking with the group. I will:

• change module three to two week long, extending the entire training to 5 weeks + a two week addition to build out the module
• change the writing learning outcomes for a course exercise to focus on learning outcomes for a specific unit within a course to allow learners to get a head start with preparation for the final module which has to be at the unit level
• add a piece explaining the differences, benefits, and drawbacks of formative and summative assessments
• make the purpose of the group project clearer, especially the topic of the project

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Earlier this week, I met with two colleagues to construct the final project rubric. We produced one that still needs some tweaking but will be sufficient for this final project of the pilot group. Regarding some of the questions I posed last week:

• incentives Not yet resolved
• length of the training -- suggestions for making particular week-long topics into two weeks The four week program will become five weeks
• going forward who will review the final projects The last group to go through the certification will review the next group's final projects; possibility for some of Jayme's graduate students to be co-reviewers as well.
• policies re: who will complete training, priorities, late additions to courses Not yet resolved
• where will the list of certified instructors be located -- who will have access Not yet resolved
• how will it be assessed? A rubric has been developed and I will use the pilot group to determine it's effectiveness.

For next week I will be working on resolving the items in this list that have not been addressed yet or that are currently in the works.