Course Project Samples
OPWL students are required to complete a real workplace project, for a real client in the workplace, as a member of a virtual team. These projects are intended to provide students practice conducting a needs assessment, an evaluation as well as designing instruction, developing e-learning modules or proposing a research project. The goal is to provide student practice applying the fields’ models to resolve real workplace problems so the process can successfully be replicated in the student’s workplace. While that is the primary goal, we are proud that so many of the course projects done by students have resulted in grants being awarded or proposed solutions being implemented as the client feedback indicates on the below spring 2016 student instructional design project.
Below are course project samples completed by students to resolve real workplace needs.
OPWL 506 Survey Design and Data Analysis
-
- Survey Questionnaire Development Assignment – Sample (PDF)
Completed by Jackie Kerzner - Data Analysis with Excel Assignment – Sample (.xlsx)
Completed by Jackie Kerzner - Student comments about specific skill set takeaways
There has been SO much real world transfer with this course–it’s the one that’s paid off the most the fastest because it’s such a discrete set of skills that I’ve been able to do a bunch of surveys for work and for clients!
~ Jackie Kerzner
- Survey Questionnaire Development Assignment – Sample (PDF)
OPWL 523 E-Learning Authoring and Development
Visit the OPWL Course Resources Blackboard site to view OPWL 523 Project Samples.
OPWL 529 Needs Assessment
- 2013 A Needs Assessment of the LETC’s Internal Self-Assessment (PDF)
Completed by James Corbett, Dyan Ellinger, Savannah McEntarffer, and Alan Wheaton - 2013 Preserving Patient Safety after the Implementation of an Electronic Health Record (PDF)
Completed by Valerie Alley, Geoff Rhode, Elizabeth Martin, and Angie Wolthuis
OPWL 530 Evaluation
- 2019 A Formative Evaluation of the Student Advisor Training (SAT) Program
Completed by Thomas Frazier, Kandi Horsman, and Stephania Moore
OPWL 535 Principles of Adult Learning
- Engaging a Belief in Learning Styles to Encourage a Growth Mindset
(the student published this article based on her class term paper)
Completed by Jill Pearson - Remaining Semper Paratus: Augmented Reality in the Coast Guard
(the student published this article based on her class term paper)
Completed by Erin Sheridan
OPWL 537 Instructional Design
- A List of Instructional Design Projects Student Teams Have Completed (PDF)
- 2019 Recognizing Check Fraud (PDF)
Completed by Keli Jackson, Lori Simkins, Danielle Dale, Jennifer Ratliff
Received an honorable mention in the Nova Southern University award competition for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design at the 2019 annual AECT conference - 2018 Installing Solar Conduit (PDF)
Completed by J. Gallant, K. Goff, R. Hitt, S.Lee
Received an honorable mention in the Nova Southern University award competition for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design at the 2019 annual AECT conference - 2018 Conducting Effective Supervision Meetings at AWARE (PDF)
Completed by Valen Anderson, James Snookes, Joel Strasser
Received an honorable mention in the Nova Southern University award competition for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design at the 2019 annual AECT conference - 2018 Komen Idaho Montana: Coaching Volunteers’ Performance Through Accuracy and Confidence (PDF)
Completed by Amy Eisel, Angela (Angi) Lamkins, Josh Orr, Lyn Wright
Received the Nova Southern University award for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design at the 2018 annual AECT conference - 2018 Forever Homes Project: Connecting Foster Dogs to Forever Homes (PDF)
Completed by Rob Ash, Roberta Dombrowski, Devin Erickson, Boone Steinmetz - 2017 WSG EmComm: Transmitting Digital Emergency Communications Instructional Plan (PDF)
Completed by Dan Couch, Sabrina Johnson, Michelle Mullette - 2017 Effective Feedback for Performance Evaluations and Beyond for Northwest Lineman College (PDF)
Completed by Kara Rutherford, Beverly Naylor, and Tammy Wheeler
Received the Nova Southern University award for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design at the 2017 annual AECT conference - 2016 Team USCG Cutter Mooring ID Project (PDF – 42 mb)
Completed by Matthew Romano, Kyle Weist, Jennifer Shamsy, and Daphne Lee - 2015 Mongolian Beef, Made Right, Every Time – Wok Cook Training (PDF)
Completed by Team Wok
OPWL 551 E-Learning Content Design
- 2019 Haircut Consultation Challenge (PDF)
Completed by Marianne Meindertsma - 2019 Scheduling meetings in Outlook (PDF)
Completed by Danielle Dale
OPWL 592 Portfolio
- Jeromy Gallant – 2020
- Andrea Kelley – 2020
- Jill Pearson – 2020
- Lori Simkins – 2020
- Terry Hansen – 2021
- Douglas Hutchinson – 2021
Client Testimonials on Course Projects