Module #2

1) Needs: Having production workers produce Quality (clean, error-free, and marked-up) reproduction of books timely (2 day turn around).

2) What does it cost to meet the need: 6 to 8 hours of training and observation
What does it cost to ignor the need: Re doing poorly reproduced text 2 or 3 times or having some one else do it (outsource= very expensive).

3) Three reasons why your eventaul ID should consider any of the notions presented under the general heading of Front end analysis:

1. Are the goals realistic (error-free and marked-up within two working days)
2. Can we trade "some" quality for speed?
3. Do we have the right equipment?

4) What can we take from chapter six to inform our model development.

1. Looking at the whole picture
2. Is Instruction the solution?
3. Lack of knowledge
4. Lack of skills
5. Lack of motivation
6. Environmental problems
7. Over worked?
8. un realistic expectations from end users.

IDE Model

Professional Context for practicing Instructional Development

• Higher Education teaching professionals how to create Alternate format for students with print disablities (Blind or dyslexic)

Related terms

• System to be served: Office of Disability Services
• Suprasystem within which your system exists: Syracuse University/Postsecondary Education beyond Syracuse University
• Two Subsystems: Office of Undergraduate Studies (money), Student production workers (labor), other alternate format personal at other schools(idea exchange, trainning)
• Two Information Channels: Alt Media Listserve (listserve for alternate media professionals), Reports and tracking logs to the director.
• A Subsystems Interface: for professionals, Alt Media Listserve; In Office production, Tracking Logs.

It is a relatively new field which has opened up in the past two years. There are a couple more layers within the office (administrative) that I did not list.

Let me know if you need more detail!

Dr. Romiszowski

It was interesting to hear Dr. Romiszoowski speak as he shared his experiences. It was not just a pitch for us to buy a book but a story(s) about how what we are learning is used. Yes he blended in the methodiology of our profession in to his presentation but it was how do we apply it to people. The simple story of how he and his team taught forklift operators how to read a flow chart to create the right mix for steel mill is an example for us to embrace.

The one thing that did resonate with me was his enthusiam for what he does. His parting words "I am looking for the next challenge" not job or task but challenge. This week I have been confronted with some challenges which required some "out of the box" solutions. In his quiet manner, I remembered Dr. Romiszowski's words.