Education
Specialist Comprehensive Exam The comprehensive
examination for the Ed.S. program should be completed after the Ed.S.
Project is defended. It can be completed during the same semester as
the final defense or in subsequent semesters (you will need to enroll
in at least 2 semester hours credit each semester). Rather than a
written exam, Ed.S. students will be required to produce an online
portfolio of their products and write a reflective summary of their
competencies. Specifically, this exam will include the following
components:
- Web-based
Portfolio that
highlights a minimum of 8 products and a maximum of 20 products,
that serve as a demonstration of your skills in Instructional
Technology. The portfolio may include products you created for courses
in the Ed.S. program and/or any products you created during your
enrollment in the Instructional Systems Ed.S. program (such as
work-related products).
- Competency
Analysis Report in
which you reflect upon the skills you acquired during your studies.
Web-Based
Portfolio
Your
web-based portfolio
should consist of approximately 8 - 15, and no more than 20, products
you have produced during your tenure in the Ed.S. program. Select items
that represent your best work and demonstrate a broad range of the
competencies.
Using your USF webspace,
or any server of your choice, create a Table of Contents that branches
to each of your products. These products can be papers (please use PDF
or RTF formats), images, websites, interactive programs, etc. For each
product in the table of contents include the following:
- The
semester during which the product was
produced.
- The
course (or job) for which it was
produced;
- Your
role in the producing of the product
(for example, indicate if you responsible for the Design or the entire
product).
Competency
Analysis Report
After
your portfolio is
complete, compile a report with the following items:
Introduction
section: In approximately one page, reflect upon the
experiences you have had in the Instructional Systems program. Include
both positive and negative aspects. Also describe your future
professional plans.
Competency
Checklist: Using items 1-14 of the
Competencies
and Skills for Instructional Designers, select the
competencies that are reflected in your portfolio. Try to include
competencies from at least six of the major 14 categories.
Create a matrix, with the
product in the first column, followed by a list of the relevant
competencies (you can number them 1.5, etc. to make it easier to fit in
a column). Note that any one product may reflect more than one
competency. In the next column, assess your competence, using the
following scale:
- Highly
Skilled
- Moderately
Skilled
- Minimally
Skilled
- Not
at all Skilled
In
the last column, write
a brief statement about how that product demonstrates your competence.
When the portfolio and competency report are finished, send the report
to your Major Professor (electronically).
Evaluation of Competency Analysis Report
The products in your
portfolio will not be evaluated. They have already been evaluated in
your various classes, etc. The final assessment of your performance
will be based on the format of the portfolio and the content of the
Competency Report. Possible outcomes include: pass,
not-yet-passing, or retake the "examination."
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