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)
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http://www.nov8tivedesigns.com/
We made some good progress this week. Our meeting on Thursday was particularly productive as we work much better face-to-face. Three of us had various technical problems (WebCT took a LONG time to load!) so our meeting on Monday was a bit frustrating, but we got through our agenda.
We finalized our Objectives and Task Analysis and I reviewed it with our client who is quite happy with it. She suggested a few minor revisions, but nothing that will change our overall plans. We also finished the timeline on Thursday and our client has signed off on that.
Our 6200 consultants have been hard at work as well. Suhwa Lee found some excellent examples of online lessons in basic business and accounting procedures. Pete Roach has been extremely helpful in editing our work for consistency, format and clarity.
We’re meeting with our client tomorrow and preparing for the big chunk of work—user profile, treatment rationale, hardware/software, screen design and evaluation plan—that is due on February 28. We have started work on all of these: Donna is fine-tuning Trudy’s screen designs; Melinda and Roman have just about completed the hardware/software component; Radcliffe is drafting the evaluation plan and I have taken on the user profile and treatment rationale. We aren’t clear on what’s expected in the treatment rationale so are awaiting Greg’s guidance on that.
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