Jodie+Hemerda

//To Jodie- from Alexandra: I enjoyed reviewing your presentation. It is full of relevant and informative details about Waypoint and how institutions can benefit from its streamlined approach to feedback. References probably needed to be in APA with URLs.//

Here's the final version, I'll add audio soon. I can't embed the videos, so I need to know if it's presesnted as is that it still works. I'll be adding audio via powerpoint. I've been bit by some other softwares recently for final projects, so I need to stay in my comfort zone. I'm attending the Denver residency, so I don't have access to Captivate, which is at the office. Please let me know what you think. Also, I know the images are not listed in proper APA... that would be awful. I'm following up with Dr. Moller to see if my listing is acceptable.

Jodie (from Alexandra). Embedding video that further explains Waypoints objectives and tools is perfect! Great job creating a colorful and detailed presentation. I think this is an exciting tool that can help teachers and institutions across the board maintain accountability and provide students with consistent feedback. (2/10)

Jodie, I agree with Alexandra on the appearance of your project. No weaknessses are present or nnoticeable from my perspective. John R. 1/10/2011.

To Jodie from Michael, You presentation looks complete and you did a great job of breaking up the text with graphics and more slides- Like the s curve- Do you still plan on integrating video? 2/6/11 Reworked s curve and timeline; added images to diffusion slides; still adding images to final slides. Seems to come back full circle - feels good. Let me know if you see any weaknesses.

Do you believe a centralized or decentralized approach would work best for the adoption of the innovation you are proposing to the Board of Directors? I have an unusual situation in my workplace, where the innovation has already been adopted by the administration, now I need to encourage adoption among the end-users, faculty.
 * Who will you recommend as key change agents in your organization, and how can the seven roles of a change agent be used in your organization to effect positive social change?

As the Instructional Technology Manager, I am a change agent. It’s my job to 1) identify a need for innovative technologies, 2) find them, and implement them. Implementation requires that I develop and maintain positive 3) rapport with faculty, including 4) motivation. I rely on my position as the manager of their support team to create a dependable relationship of trust and camaraderie to 5) influence their acceptance and 6) training with new technologies. I believe that care of the instructors and their courses directly supports the learning of our students; therefore I put my heart and soul into being available, responsive, and helpful. As noted by Rogers (2003), my ultimate goal is to quickly implement the innovation so I can then move on and start the whole process again. With a well organized Faculty Support Center that I supply with policies, procedures and training materials, I move efficiently through the processes to eventual self-sufficiency.


 * Has the innovation you are proposing to the Board already met critical mass in society? If it has not met critical mass, which of the four strategies for achieving critical mass do you recommend to the Board for your innovation?

The innovation has met critical mass within our institution, but not throughout higher education.

Rogers, E.M. (2003) Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

Jodie from Michael 1/28/11- Your project is looking good. Streamlined and good graphics- Your last slide and the s curve is somewhat text heavy. Is narration on these slides an option?
 * Thanks, I'll review the text on the s-curve

Jodie - Very nice additions to your project. The images can make a simple project much more of a challenge, but they will keep the viewer's attention as text cannot. John R, 1/29/2011. Updated project 1/23/11

I fixed my S-curve and added images (oh, so time consuming!) I look forward to your comments.

You've made significant additions to your presentation. I like how you mention the specific positions of people in academic that are interested or still lagging behind. The links beneath the images are to provide source credit or do these have some connection to WayPoint? A.S. *The links are actual video content that I'm looking to build directly into the presentation.

Jodie, From Michael: I look forward to seeing your revisions. You have a wealth of information and if you can streamline that info as you did at the beginning of your presentation it should have a good flow to it. Storyboard....

Updated project 1/18/11

Thanks for the feedback! I just threw all the info into the ppt, I'll revise into a more readable/graphic format. I was missing current info, which I now have, so the S-curve and timeline info is in-progress. I'll improve upon it in the next revision. This ppt includes the Mod 7 assignment on slides 23-25.



Jodie - Really a great improvement on the "S" curve. It is now very legible and informative. Also looked at the week 7 entries. Do you plan on putting any more information about innovators and late adopters? John R. 1/26/2011

Updated project 1/17/11

From Alexandra- Jodie- You add a lot of time line data! What is the reason for starting from the present and working your way to the past? Perhaps you can integrate the dates on a chart instead of listing. Also, on your s-curve you may want to rotate the text so it is easier to read. Word allows for some text box manipulation. 1/17/11

Jodie - I tend to agree with Alexandra's comments. You have put a terrific amount of information onto your time line in a very short period of time. It makes the subject much clearer and easier to follow. I am uncertain about your rational for the inverted time schema, but will wait to see how it turns out. For now I think that your pages of dated events is alright, but you may want to make it more graphic later. Also, I had a tough time reading your "S" curve and think it would be improved with changing the orientation and sizes of the event bubbles. Overall, very good progress in the right direction. John R. 1/17/2011


 * //From Alexandra Salas- I enjoyed your presentation. It is organized and succinct. It appears to be an effective tool for users to organize feedback and outcomes. Is Waypoint free? Or can this software be integrated into current learning management systems? Its use goes beyond education. I particularly like the flexibility of developing rubrics and assessments//**.

Alexandra, Waypoint is not open source and is an additional expense. It has integrations for both eCollege and Blackboard. Jodie 1/16/11

Jodie, After my initial review on the 3rd (see comment, bottom of this page), my concerns on finding references for this fairly new application remain. Have you had any difficulty in locating sources or graphics for your project? John Richbourg, 8 Jan 2011.

John, I actually have hundreds of pages of articles and the graphics are readily available because I have the system and create my own:) http://www.subjectivemetrics.com/index.cfm Jodie 1/17/11

Jodie,

I enjoyed reviewing your PPTX on Waypoint. It would appear that the application has many facets that can be used in a classroom setting. Do you anticipate any difficulty in finding references for this innovation, since it is so recently developed and introdiced? That was the prime reason why I changed focus from the mini-laptop to the digital book as my chosen innovation.

John Richbourg 3 Jan 2011, 8:19 A.M. CST

John, this is an interesting element of our diffusion project. If we have a true innovation, there wouldn't be much info on it. When I've taught research methodologies, I had my students use similar models to study new ideas. I may need to do that as I move forward with this topic for my dissertation. Jodie 1/17/11

Use your research to write a 1 to 2-page paper identifying three innovations you believe would have a positive impact on your industry. Before choosing your innovations, reflect on what you have learned from your readings and video program this week. In your paper, describe whether each innovation would be simple or difficult to adopt and what barriers might exist to impede its diffusion in your industry. Include a link to a session from the conference program for each of the innovations you selected.

Initial ideas...

> http://connections.blackboard.com/resources/a110c0d51e/posts?postTypeId=0&tagId=0&view=full&start=61 > http://connections.blackboard.com/posts/c75d159b9b
 * 1) Games as a model for learning http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/15/games
 * 2) wikis for learning
 * 1) Waypoint for feedback

I've had the pleasure of attending several conferences over the past year. Two innovation I selected come from the BbWorld2010 conference sponsored by Blackboard. These two innovations are Wikis for collaborative learning and Waypoint for assessment feedback. Another innovation of interest is games as a model for learning, presented at Educause in October.

I'm extremely interested in Waypoint, as it's the proposed focus of my dissertation and current KAM. This technology is simple to implement, but culturally challenging as it involves rubrics. I've noticed a resistance to rubrics focused instruction from traditional educators. The technology isn't as difficult to diffuse as the actual use of the rubrics. I regularly find that faculty use the tool, but have not marked up the interactive rubric according to the actual paper presented. For example an instructor recently marked up a paper with very little redlining and no feedback on content, then docked 50% of the APA item on the rubric while giving 100% on all other items. The paper clearly lacked depth of content, yet met 95% of the APA guidelines. This is a consistent example of how our Waypoint tool is misused.

Another innovation of interest is the idea of games as a learning model. I was very impressed by Sarah Smith-Robbins presentation on the gaming model. This model would meet much resistance, culturally, socially, and financially. This is a huge game-changing innovation, pun intended.

The third innovation of interest is the wiki for learning, which Walden seems to integrate in most of its courses. I embrace the ideology, but have not been impressed with its implementation. The challenge here is groups and their commitment to supporting one another.

Innovation Success of online learning relies on an educational paradigm shift. Traditional lecture, teacher-centered, teacher as the undisputed expert model fails in the online realm. Constructivist learning models for adult learners involves facilitation, dialogue, and learning modeled as a journey focused on life-long learning. This progressive model sets learners up for success with clear instruction, expectations, and often this direction is available in the form of rubrics. This model requires dialogue and extensive feedback, often lost in the assessment stage. Waypoint is a technology that gives faculty an easy way to integrate the rubric into assessment while providing useful feedback. As noted by Thomas and Ho (2010), eLearning technologies need several “necessary” and “extra conditions in order to aid diffusion” (p. 7). These conditions were divvied into individual and structural conditions: Individual Conditions · Motivation · Understanding dynamics such as, o Students’ engagement o Easy implementation o Consultancy · Improve teaching and learning & student outcomes · Interest in technology and online teaching skills · Close familiarity with using technology · Students’ feedback · Students’ participation · Project team · Expansive departmental learning climate · Socialization and ‘rich’ language · Social networks Structural conditions · Framework conditions such as technical support, teaching and learning ideas, expo · Institutional focus · Departmental explicit support (Thomas & Ho, 2010, p. 7) These conditions are available at Colorado State University-Global Campus (CSU-Global), where the department of planning and assessment is in the midst of implementing Waypoint for rubric-based assessment and feedback. I am extremely interested in using this course to support the diffusion of Waypoint at CSU-Global and beyond, as it is the proposed focus of my dissertation and current KAM (Newland, 2010). Though I noted that the technology is simple to implement, but culturally challenging as it involves rubrics I will focus the project for this course on diffusion of Waypoint, not improved rubric use. As I noted earlier, of these three innovations, the gaming learning model is the most interesting, but the Waypoint tool plays a particularly important role in my current studies. I expect that Waypoint meets Rogers (2003) elements of diffusion, with special care to address rubric use. With understanding of the rubric-based learning model, faculty can be brought into improving their use of Waypoint. This innovation challenge would best meet the learning objectives of this course.

References Newland, B. (2010). Enhancing student feedback on assessments using Waypoint. BbWorld Presentations. Retrieved from http://connections.blackboard.com/posts/c75d159b9b Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press. Thomas, K. & Ho, A. (2010). Leveraging diffusion in eLearning: Organisational learning attributes. Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Thomas, K. & Ho, A. (2010). Leveraging diffusion in eLearning: Organisational learning attributes. Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.