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Graphic Organizer Danna created @http://www.spiderscribe.net/app/?f7ad4c8c078e841a8da130792d22d1db

Two Minute How to Video for SpiderScribe @http://www.spiderscribe.net/videos/VideoIntroduction.php

Please complete your bio on the Webs Page @http://maltcommunity.webs.com/aboutus.htm


 * Create a 5 page project plan that you would use to generate interest or investment in your idea.**


 * Include the following:**

**/Mie** -learning problem you are trying to solve
The best things students learn at MALT (Masters of Degree in Learning Technology) is collaborations and communication among the cadres, who can share their ideas and knowledge. However, once the students graduate from MALT, they departure from MALT to take a new journey where they can test their learning in a real world. The graduates become busy in their new life and they lose the collaborations and communications. What graduates benefit from MALT is a great treasure for other people, who have not yet know what are offered at MALT. At MALT, they learned blogging to increase their ability to think deep, to provide other cadres with ideas and thoughts, and to learn them from attentive cadres. Students at MALT are the people who will be able to build educational/corporate programs using the technologies for the current and future generations. Alumni is the ultimate high point of achievement at MALT. Both alumni and current students at MALT do not have a __common__ place where they can share their ideas and thoughts. Alumni visit social media where they can communicate with people who provide new happenings and news currently occur. Current students at MALT are interested in communication with alumni, who has a large amount of information about learning at MALT. They can also inform current students what are the current trends of technologies outside MALT. One of the problems is that there are no ideal place for both alumni and current students to take advantages of their expertise one another. The second problem is that the expectations and needs of alumni and current students are not yet fulfilled. Alumni is a “trailblazer” of MALT, who can suggest current students with much information about learning at MALT, and current situation in education with technologies. Current students can in turn share their new innovative ideas and thoughts they learn at MALT. Our Design project will provide alumni and current students with a “central hub” where they can visit and share their expertise, ideas, and knowledge.
 * Current Situation: **
 * Value of Alumni: **
 * Difficulty of keeping connection with alumni : **
 * Our Design Project Goal : **

**Danna**-a description of the persona you are designing for

Karen

Female, 50 years old, Community College Faculty

Karen graduated from MALT 3 years ago. The program made a big difference in her teaching and her general approach to her courses. She now teaches most of her college level math courses online and makes use of many popular tools for collaboration. Because she is adept at using technology in teaching, she is a resource to other faculty members. Her courses are popular and her colleagues respect her approach to teaching.

Karen enjoys keeping up with many of her former MALT classmates through Facebook and Google+. She wishes that she could also keep up with the other few people from her cadre that do not regularly use social media.

One aspect of MALT that Karen wishes she could revive is the opportunity to share new technology with others who are also interested in technology. The faculty she helps at school will now use technology more in their classes, but they are really just looking for someone who already knows how to use the tools to show them which ones will be useful and how to use them. They are not interested in testing new tools to see how they can be used in conjunction with the college’s current toolkit. In addition to wishing she could keep in touch with her MALT cadre mates, she also wishes she could resurrect the collaboration using technology that she was able to share with her cadre mates.

Alex - Pursuing higher education in Learning Technology Age: 35 Current: PhD candidate at University of XXX at XXX Past: Graduate Research Assistant Software Engineer at ABC Technologies Education: Georgia Institute of Technology Institute of Technology and Management Personal Goal: Full time position in the field of XXXX involving interaction design using industry experience and new academic insights and skills. Specialties: Persona creation, Usability research, Peer review, Interface design, Low Fidelity Prototypes, Think-Aloud Process, User Interviews, Cognitive walkthrough.

Becky - Continuing her career in e-learning educator. Age: 42 Current: Entrepreneurial, award-winning experienced e-learning educator. Creative leader, and independent consultant, published writer, personal learning coach, and online instructor. Past: Curriculum specialist, Online instructor, Author for Learning Express, e-Learning consultant, and technology teacher. Specialties: President of two home-based businesses, published writer, online instructor

John - Middle school math teacher Age: 29 Current: John graduated from MALT last year. He teaches middle school math and uses technology to make math fun. He likes to challenge his students to find the math in their everyday lives and is committed to raising math literacy at the middle school level.

John felt that MALT greatly enriched his toolkit for teaching and would like to continue exploring technology tools for learning. His students have begun sharing their explorations in technology with him and among their classmates and John loves sharing these stories (ad the tech tools) with his cadremates. Once his life settles back down, he is considering applying for a PhD program in learning technologies. He feels it is essential to continue his contacts in MALT both because it helps him stay challenged and current and he believes he may need some of those connections in years to come.

**Michelle**-screen shots from your prototype
Everyone needs to update their "Member" profile on the Webs page. It has been acting strangely but this morning (12/21) the problem seems to be resolved. Let me know if you continue to have trouble.

SCREENSHOTS (I haven't figured out how to crop the pics using my Mac so these still need to be cleaned up but here are basics snapped of the site as it currently looks) [|DesignProject1.png] [|DesignProject2.png] [|DesignProject3.png] [|DesignProject4.png] [|DesignProject5.png] [|DesignProject6.png] [|DesignProject7.png] [|DesignProject8.png] [|DesignProject9.png] [|DesignProject10.png] [|DesignProject11.png]

**/Jackie/Jackie-**An explanation of what the user will experience
====The online community is a central hub for Pepperdine alumni and current Learning Technology students to connect. The experience that we plan to create for the users includes the following four elements: ==== ==== · __Creditable __: this site will be a central source that connects you with people, places and resources around the area of Learning Technologies. In plain English, believe in this site because it’s relevant, connects you directly with SME’s in your in your field that were also Pepperdine Learning Technology students, along with what is happening now in the real world (events, speaking engagements and open- panel discussions). ==== ==== · __Usable: __ the user should be able to find what they need quickly even at their figure tips via mobile devices and the feeds from twitter and other social media outlets. It will be accessible through key words or clicking on one of the simple tabs for each section. No need to go into layers of pages before finding what is relevant. ==== ==== · __Useful __: the user will be able to connect with other Learning technology individuals that are in their respective cities as well as finding out where and what other people are doing in other parts of the country and world. It will be a source of finding out what is changing the current technology landscape through the online connections and relationships people are building with current and past Learning Technology students. ==== ==== · __Value __: the user will find great value in having one central source where they can go and from there be directed to other groups or activities that are of interest to that person. The value of providing one resource to find everything you want to know about connecting with past or current students both from a relationship stand point as well as from a what’s new in the landscape perspective. ====

[|MALT Comm Learning Theory.docx] Here is a first run at a draft--please feel free to ring in, thanks!!
====//**ALL-**a bio of all team members--same with the "Members" section, if you have trouble updating your Bio on the "About Us" page of the Webs site, please let me know (Michelle/thanks Mie for adding yours!).//====