{"id":235,"date":"2019-11-30T17:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0111\/?p=235"},"modified":"2019-11-30T17:17:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T00:17:49","slug":"measuring-attributes-a-prototype-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0111\/measuring-attributes-a-prototype-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Attributes: A Prototype Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark is an air traffic controller, responsible for training and qualifying aspiring air traffic controllers. As the instructional supervisor he is responsible for the development of all terminal air traffic control instructors. He is routinely involved in both the development of training material and content delivery in the classroom, simulation and live phases of training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Laren is a nurse, and the Lead Instructor of the Medical Office Assistant program at a post-secondary institution in the city where she lives. She develops and delivers curriculum for adult learners who wish to pursue an administrative career in health care office or hospital settings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a team, Mark and Laren participated in a design thinking process<\/a> to compare learning needs in their diverse industries with the goal of identifying a common problem(s) for which they could develop an instructional solution. Through this design thinking process (which consisted of focused interviews with each other), they found a common problem which related to professional attributes. Their interviews revealed that while their industries were obviously diverse, there were specific attributes that would be mutually required from learners in both of their fields, given the stressful and high-stakes environments they were preparing their learners for. Table 1 lists which attributes the team identified as being critical to their respective professions, and depicts which attributes the team agreed were common to both industries.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Table 1<\/p>\n

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Considering those common attributes together with the context of their design challenge<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(that they were challenged to find ways to engage learners in an online setting), Mark and Laren were able to define their problem and articulate their subsequent prototype solution as follows:<\/p>\n

Problem<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

In an integrated online program, how can we assess\/qualify (ensure a learner has) the necessary attributes and decision making abilities required to work effectively in a consistently and markedly stressful environment?<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A capstone assignment which will include:<\/span><\/p>\n