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Power Plant Systems Matthew Beaman EDU120: Principles of Instructional Design Instructor: Mary McGibbons March 24, 2014

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Power Plant Systems The Argo Power Supply Company is looking to hire well qualified people to help lead and teach others into the 21st century by fulfilling demands for the Instructional Design industry for power plant systems. A Brief history of the company. Argo Power Supply Company was founded in 1995 by a man named Bob Wigglesworth and with the help of a few investors and some people with the desire to produce something that would be beneficial to the larger businesses across the United States. Over the last several years, the company has been able to produce quality products on time and below cost to its customers. So as the business is expanding, we are looking for individuals that have the same desire or stronger and the technical expertise to fulfill the demands. Normally in the field of electrical engineers, it takes at least 4 year long program in a local college to obtain a Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Sciences. To obtain this shows a great sense of dedication to their chosen path. In this field, according to statistics put out by both the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of electrical and electronics engineers is projected to grow 4 percent between the years 2012 and 2022 which is slower than the average for all occupations yet according to other sources such as the Electrical Engineers Salary website, it shows that there was a growth of 6 percent between the years 2010 and 2020. It also goes on to state that there were 160,560 electrical engineers that were employed in the United States as of May 2012.

POWER PLANT The applicants that have been chosen must be able to instruct as well as perform the following tasks, among the many tasks they must be able to analyze utilization and power input, be in productions and support of Test and Activation of the components and be able to handle power distribution and power conversion tasks. In the classroom, I will be utilizing a combination of both generative and supplantive strategies. Largely due to the combined experiences that each of the individual applicants have, ranging from the years of electrical experience to computer skills. When it comes the instructing on the skills required to analyze the utilization and power input, the instructor would rely on a generative strategy to be able to teach the student, it would require the Intellectual skills so that they can build on one another or is otherwise known as hierarchical. This goes with the if-then principles. (Smith and Ragan, 2005). Another aspect of the job would be to support testing and activation of the components. This subject would be taught with a supplantive strategy, where I would elaborate on points to be able to get the students to understand the goals that they are expected to reach. Finally, the job of power distribution and power conversion tasks which this being the ultimate goal to achieve, I would have to utilize a generative strategy to help the students to understand their goals here and to give them all the tools to take with them to their job and help them teach and train others. For each of these tasks I will have to engage in student/teacher interaction, utilizing the feedback from the students as well to obtain the maximum effectiveness in the material being used to teach them.

POWER PLANT The students will be required to learn the basic concepts of the instructional design engineering field and those with computer background studies will find this to be a little more helpful when it comes to the designing of the electrical parts that this company manufactures. Each of the students intellectual skills vary, yet they all share the same enthusiasm in their desire to succeed and obtain the goals that are set before them. The attitudes that the all have are instrumental in the learning process. There are several ways to look at a positive attitude, beginning with the can do attitude. By telling yourself this, you can actually learn much more. Even if you only achieve 50% of what you tell yourself that you are going to learn, you will actually achieve that and much more. We must instill in the students that learning is valuable, living in the information age, we must gain the knowledge and ability to apply that knowledge if we are going to be successful. A successful college coach once said that We must first learn ourselves, but then with the goal of taking what we have learned then we can help others to do the same (Starkey, 2011). The evaluation of the applicants has shown me that their technical expertise is there but the hands on applications for some needs to be tweaked. I would intend on using a combination of both supplantive and generative strategies, due to the fact that in certain instances they will need a little extra help in some areas of the lessons. Although they have extensive knowledge in the required fields, it is going to take a little finesse in combining the essential components into making them as one. For me to honestly say exactly what kind of teaching approach I would use, it would be a cross between supplantive and generative style of learning, although there may be a time limit to get it done (generative), I would want to make sure that ample amount of information is given so

POWER PLANT that they would know what to expect (supplantive). For example: Having the student figure out a complex wiring diagram to why the power supply isnt reaching the appropriate ohms or volts required to run the part. There is one thing that I would definitely want to impress upon the students that if you are all worked up about something, to take a step back and relax for a moment and regain their composure, for if they are all worked up things can only go wrong. You need to have a clear head in order to get the job/ mission accomplished. In all of this I feel that the supplantive strategy would work well in most of the classroom situations, by using lectures to help get them to understand all that there is to know about the parts they are working as well as a case method, something that they can take what they have learned in the classroom and put it to a real world scenario. According to noted scholar Paul Ramsden, there are 6 effective teaching strategies that can be used in a classroom: 1) Interest and explanation: When a student finds something interesting, they seem to want to pay attention more and thus the learning for them comes a little easier. By explaining it thoroughly we as teachers can assure the information is getting out properly. 2) Concern and respect for the student: Good teaching is nothing to do with making things hard (Weimer, 2009) 3) Appropriate assessment and feedback: Try and allow the students to demonstrate what they have learned and give them positive feedback when necessary

POWER PLANT 4) Clear goals and intellectual challenge: Let the students know what to expect and try not to establish unrealistic goals. 5) Independence, control and active engagement: Give the students a sense of control over what they have learned throughout the lessons, therefore keeps the teacher from imposing a mass production standard to the class 6) Learning from students: We all can learn from one another and who better than the ones that we teach. So with all this, we will provide a relaxed atmosphere that is conducive to learning for the students as well as fostering relationships amongst them. Getting them to work together to reach the common goal. Training and teaching them the proper methods of learning how to build, test and understand the utilization and power output of the products. By using both supplantive and generative strategies in teaching the students will help produce quality students in the process as well as setting the bar to a level of professionalism for future generations to come.

POWER PLANT References Smith, P. L., & Ragan, T. J. (2005). Instructional design (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons. http://hoopthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/attitudes-of-successful-learners.html http://www.gmu.edu/resources/facstaff/part-time/strategy.html http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/effective-teaching-strategiessix-keys-to-classroom-excellence/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, PSB Suite 2135, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20212-0001 http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronicsengineers.htm#tab-6

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