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, April 9, 2008

Genesis Learning 15/5 040908

We are heading down the home stretch and expect to have a decent presentation for Showcase Dress Rehearsal on April 10. There are many, many little tasks and a few very big ones remaining.

Our client has moved the beta to Monday, April 21, so we should have everything complete in time for that. This week, we finished loading all the text content and have some examples in. Radcliffe, Melinda and Donna are working on examples and guided practice for units 1, 2, 3 and 4. Roman is working on those for unit 5 and I am working on them for unit 6.

In addition, I have completed the self assessments and “think abouts” for all six units, but still need to get them loaded into the site. I plan to have that finished in time for Thursday night.

We are implementing our evaluation plan, with alpha testing over the next couple of days. Three subject matter experts will be here on Monday, April 14, so not only will be get their review, we can be present while they do it, which should enrich the feedback we get. We are about ready to send it out for technical review as well.

Our 6200 consultants are hard at work on animations and other graphic work. Suhwa has done a terrific climbing wall to function as the example for the unit on computerization. It does a nice job of illustrating the sequence while keeping the “camp” flavor of the module.

In the coming week, we plan to finish all the content. Then we will go about the long and sometimes tedious process of tweaking, fixing and modifying. The SME review should be very helpful for this.

Roman has bravely taken on the task of preparing the slides for our presentation on Thursday. I’ll fill in the text and we’ll be ready to roll. Only 15 days until Showcase!

Posted by Myra Blackmon at 4:34 PM

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