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A2: Your Student Audience - Additional Resources
Dr. Mary Abouzeid has
been Director of the TEMPO Outreach Program and faculty member of the
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, for over 10 years.
As Director of the TEMPO Outreach Reading Program, a program
that serves over 500 students per semester, I need to gather information
across the state of Virginia to meet many needs. I evaluate the
needs of school districts and teachers to meet state certification requirements
for reading teachers. We design distance education courses for teachers
seeking graduate degrees and professional development courses.
To determine and update these needs, my staff and I have
developed questionnaires for school districts and communicate frequently
with State Department of Education personnel. We survey incoming students
at the beginning of courses and throughout the courses to evaluate the
match between the content and delivery of our courses and their needs. This
interaction between all stakeholders enables us to design and deliver,
and when necessary, customize the educational programs our audiences
require to continue to insure that children in our state learn to read.
Below are online resources which may help you in preparation.
Take a moment to visit each. If you find a resource particularly helpful,
remember to 'bookmark' that page to make it easier to return to it at
a later time.
Dick, Walter & Carey, Lou. (1996), The
Systematic Design of Instruction
(4th ed.). New York: Harper Collins.
Gilliard-Cook, T. "Technological
Prerequisites for Distance Education Implementation."
(Theresa Gilliard-Cook of Syracuse University gives
additional information on the characteristics of successful distance
learners in the section "Who are the students?") http://web.syr.edu/~tgillard/656/prerequisites.html
Kearsley, G. (2000).
Online Education: Learning and Teaching in Cyberspace.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Moore, Michael G. & Kearsley,
G. (1996). Distance Education: A Systems View.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
National Center for
Education Statistics. (1997). Distance Education in Higher Education
Institutions.
A statistical overview of the different populations
served by distance education. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/distance/chap2.html
Rossett, Allison. (1987).
Training Needs Assessment.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
This Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on needs assessment
is based on the work of Allison Rossett, whose method of defining the "actuals" and
comparing them with "optimals" is widely used by educators
and trainers. http://efss.educ.kent.edu/course/57403/Presentations/needsassess/index.htm
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