Instructional Design Presentation of Management Plan
by Ryan Vierheller
November 10, 2010
POLICE PATROL AND THE
FOURTH AMENDMENT
Presented to:
Bladensburg Police Department Training Division
Presentation Purpose
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Management Plan presentation is designed to outline
the necessary steps and stakeholder actions required
to develop prototype course into fully implementable
course for use in police training environments.
Stakeholder actions and responsibilities necessary for
full development of course will be identified in the
subsequent presentation under the topics Current
Status, Resources, Schedule, and Challenges.
Stakeholders must understand and plan to act on their
respective areas of responsibility as identified in the
following presentation.
Current Status of Project
Project Objective:
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To develop and present a
course to law enforcement
officers that
comprehensively outlines the
fourth amendment to the US
Constitution and how it
applies to their daily work
functions in the patrol
division.
What has been accomplished:
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Syllabus Draft Complete
Course Prototype drafting is
underway
Course content has been
identified
Necessary work to complete project:
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Complete Syllabus and
prototype course
Test prototype course and peer
review
Follow timeline steps for course
rollout in spring 2011
Resources Required for Completion
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Police Trainers, either in house or contracted.
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IT professionals, either in house or contracted.
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The client organization will need to identify a funding source for the licensing of the LMS.
Consulting for peer review of prototype course.
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IT professionals to vet client systems and to troubleshoot the implementation of the LMS
and the course rollout will be necessary.
Funding for licensing of LMS.
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Police trainers have unique experience with target student group and will have intimate
knowledge of police procedures. This group will be necessary in selection of subject matter
and peer review of course.
Either design consultants or police trainers will need to be utilized to conduct peer review
of the prototype course.
Funding for Police Trainers and IT in participating in course transition from prototype
to implementable version.
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Funding for man-hours necessary to involve training staff and IT professionals in the course
rollout will need to be identified by the client organization.
Proposed Schedule of Tasks
Task Defined
Stakeholder Responsible
Completion Date
A. Course prototype and
syllabus complete
Instructional Designer
November 21, 2010
B. Peer Review
Instructional Designer
November 30, 2010
C. Client obtains licensing
for Learning Management
Software
Client/ Bladensburg Police
Department
December 2, 2010
D. Transfer of course content Instructional Designer and
to LMS
Client
December 6, 2010
E. Online learning
orientation for students
Client/ Bladensburg Police
Department
December 13, 2010
F. Student enrollment
Client/Bladensburg Police
Department
December 13, 2010
G. Course begins
Client/Bladensburg Police
Department
January 3, 2011
Proposed Schedule of Tasks
November 2010
A. Course Prototype and
syllabus complete
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B. Peer review
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C. BPD licensing of LMS
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30 (B)
1 (C)
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D. Transfer of content to
LMS
December 2010
E. Online learning
orientation for BPD
officers
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6 (D)
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F. Course enrollment
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G. Course begins:
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January 3, 2010
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January 2011
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3 (G)
Challenges for Client Organization in
completing the project.
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Challenge: Orientation for Police Trainers to online instruction and mediation
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Summary: Police trainers at client organization may not be well versed in online
instruction and mediation.
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Impact of failure: If this challenge of orientation of police trainers to online instruction
and mediation is not met, then police trainers will negatively affect the learning
outcomes of the students, thereby making the training ineffective through negative
student perceptions.
Orientation for students to online learning
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Summary: Students at client organization may be unfamiliar with online learning.
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Impact of failure: Failure to properly familiarize students with online learning and
the proposed LMS will leave students at a disadvantage in participating fully within
the classroom, leading to negative impact in student success.
Challenges for Client Organization in
completing the project. (Continued)
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Technical support and technological requirements
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Summary: The IT department at the client organization must vet the departments computers
for system requirements prior to the online course. The IT department must also obtain the
system requirements for the LMS to be used and publish these system requirements as a
part of the student orientation in order to ensure that students working from personal
computers at home and in mobile settings are able to participate without problems.
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Impact of Failure: Failing to vet the current client computer system and to plan for system
compliance among the student group may cause students to be unable to participate in
online training.
Planning and obtaining state training board approval for in-service credit
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Summary: Client organization training staff must make application to the Maryland Police
Training Commission via standard application and submission of lesson plans for annual inservice training credit hours certification.
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Impact of Failure: Failing to apply for and obtain in-service credit certification will cause
the course to lack value to the client organization and to lack purpose for the students.
Overcoming Challenges:
Recommendations
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Orientation for Police Trainers to online teaching and mediation
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Allow the training staff early access to the LMS and involve the training staff in
transferring the course content to the LMS. Also allowing access to the results of the peer
review of the course and access to the instructional design team throughout the first
implementation of the course, possibly as a consulting contract will aid in the
familiarization with and the ability of the trainers to teach and mediate the course in the
online format.
Planning to have training staff well versed in the LMS and online learning is a proactive
step in enhancing student success, rather than waiting for the first presentation to come to
an end and find through student surveys that the instructors were not knowledgeable or
unprepared to assist with problems in the LMS experienced by students.
Orientation for students to online learning
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Working with the LMS staff, police trainers, and the IT staff, a course orientation should be
conducted for students who may be unfamiliar with online learning. Trainers should also
keep in mind that many students may be learning online for the first time and therefore
should be accessible in order to solve any problems that may arise.
Planning to orient students to the LMS is preferable to operating on as experienced basis
to problem solving for students. The preparation of students in navigating the LMS as
opposed to solving problems along the way will reduce student time spent that could
otherwise be dedicated to learning the content.
Overcoming Challenges:
Recommendations (Continued)
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Technical support and technological requirements
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Having the IT department in the practice of communicating with the LMS company
and having a plan to look for potential system incompatibilities prior to the rollout of
the course for the first time is preferable to troubleshooting problems as they occur.
Student success will suffer if a number of technical problems are experienced, even if
they are solved quickly.
Planning and obtaining state training board approval for in-service credit
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Submission of lesson plans and supporting documentation for state training board
approval prior to the rollout of the first course is necessary in case any minor
changes to the course structure is necessary to meet the board’s requirements.
Changing curriculum, timelines, or adding/deleting content during a course in
progress would be disruptive to the trainers and students. Also, having training board
approval and in service credit hours is a motivational factor to students, thus having
this certification completed prior to the course beginning may lead to increased
student motivation.
Presentation Summary
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Presentation Purpose
 The
purpose, stakeholders, and actions to be taken
were introduced.
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Current Status of Project
 The
current status of the project was outlined, with
necessary actions required for project completion.
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Resources required for completion
 Necessary
resources required for project completion
were identified and defined.
Presentation Summary (Continued)
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Timeline/Schedule for completion
 A timeline, calendar, and outline of the necessary steps for completion of
the project were presented. Also the stakeholder responsible for each
step was defined.
Challenges faced by client organization
 Four major challenges in project completion and product implementation
were identified by the instructional design team along with implications
for failure to address these challenges.
Recommendations to overcome challenges introduced.
 Recommendations to overcome the four challenges were presented.
Summary and Clarification
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The presentation has been summarized by section. Questions on any section of this
management plan are encouraged and the section can be revisited at this time.
QUESTIONS/CONCERNS ?
Client Recommendations
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After presentation of the management plan, I
encourage you the client organization to commit the
financial and manpower resources outlined
throughout in order to fully develop and implement
this course.
Further, I submit that committing to the timeline or
working with the ID team to create a timeline that
better suits your organizational demands will ensure
that this course is completely developed and
implemented.