Project Abstract

The Business & Finance unit of the Basic Camp Director’s Course (BCDC) has, until now, been delivered exclusively in a week-long training conference. The course is offered four times per year, but there is always a waiting list for sessions. Because the logistics and expense of a week-long training session are increasingly challenging, Dr. Gwynn Powell , a member of the ACA National Board of Directors, has asked to create an online version of the unit.

We will develop this module as a prototype that the ACA can then use to develop similar online versions of the other 13 units in the training session.

Client Profile

The client for our project is The American Camp Association as represented by Dr. Gwynn Powell and Kat Shreve. Dr. Powell is an Associate Professor in the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department in the College of Education at The University of Georgia. She is also a volunteer for the American Camp Association, specializing in curriculum development and research application. She will serve as the liaison between Genesis Learning and the American Camp Association. Ms. Shreve is an ACA national staff member with nationwide responsibility for training. She will provide content and ongoing input to help us design this unit in a way that will be most practical for the organization.

The ACA Web site describes the organization as follows:
“The American Camp Association (formerly known as the American Camping Association) is a community of camp professionals who, for nearly 100 years, have joined together to share our knowledge and experience and to ensure the quality of camp programs. Because of our diverse 7,000 plus membership and exceptional programs, children and adults have the opportunity to learn powerful lessons in community, character-building, skill development, and healthy living — lessons that can be learned nowhere else.
“As a leading authority in child development, the ACA works to preserve, promote, and improve the camp experience. Our association is committed to helping our members and all camps provide:

• Camp communities committed to a safe, nurturing environment
• Caring, competent adult role models
• Healthy, developmentally-appropriate experiences
• Service to the community and the natural world
• Opportunities for leadership and personal growth
• Discovery, experiential education, and learning opportunities
• Excellence and continuous self-improvement “
(http://www.acacamps.org/about/profile.php)

Adapted with permission from http://www.nov8tivedesigns.com/

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Genesis Learning 15/5 Feb1306

We continue to move along and expect to be caught up with everything by the end of our meeting on Thursday, February 14. Our Wimba meeting on Monday was much more satisfactory than the previous week and we have agreed that we will hold extra face-to-face meetings only when they are essential to getting our work completed. Otherwise, we’ll continue our Monday evening 7-8 p.m. meetings online.

We spent most of this past week working on our Objectives and Task Analysis, which we have revised and refined multiple times. Our client is away this week, so we took the opportunity to really dig in and get it polished up. We expect to finish the timeline on Thursday as well, so both documents will be ready for sign-off as soon as our client is back in town.

Our 6200 consultants have been hard at work as well. Trudy Trail brought us several possible screen designs, and ahead of her deadline, too! Joy Drzyzga went above and beyond when we asked her to research some Web sites that we might use as a glossary resource, as the textbook does not have one. Not only did she send us the links, she developed an in-depth glossary using the textbook chapter. Pete Roach continues his steady work as our editor and proofreader. All our other consultants have assignments due by tomorrow night.

Looking ahead, we’re planning for a meeting with our client on February 21 and preparing for the big chunk of work—user profile, treatment rationale, hardware/software, screen design and evaluation plan that are due on February 28.

Posted by Myra Blackmon at 5:56 PM
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