1. Krista Jackson AET/570 May 23, 2016 Professor Dlabach
Training Trends Plan
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Krista Jackson
AET/570
May 23, 2016
Professor Dlabach

2. Four Training Trends for Texas State University
E-learning for classes in education
More collaborative projects in education
Using the Andragogy theory in education
Social media integrated into the classroom
Four Training Trends for Texas State University:
E-learning for classes in education
3 Goals
3 Objectives for each Goal
2 Strategies for each Objective
More collaborative projects in education
Using the Andragogy theory in education
Social media integrated into the classroom

3. 1. E-learning for Classes in Education
Goal 1: Develop the e-learning classes that will be finished at Texas State University by August 2017.
Goal 2: Assist Texas State University students by demonstrating, practicing, and training the e-learning classes in the second week in December 2017.
Goal 3: Aid and support Texas State University while launching the e-learning classes for the students in January
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Trend: E-learning for classes in education:
Goal 1: Develop the e-learning classes that will be finished at Texas State University by August 2017.
Objective 1:
Gather a team together of five individuals for collaboration on the e-learning classes in August 2016.
Strategy:
Use program planners and instructors for the team collaboration on the e-learning classes.
Use mostly staff from Texas State University, but one outside team member to help with diversity and ideas.
Objective 2:
Interview three different professionals who have experience creating e-learning platforms for assistance and tips on August 08, 2016.
Find professionals who have been in the e-learning field for at least five years.
Make a list of questions to ask each professional being interviewed, where the questions and answers are consistent.
Objective 3:
Schedule meetings for the team every week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The time of day will be decided from week to week, and this is to connect and collaborate offline for the development.
Create a schedule every week that works with each of the team member’s availability. Decide on how many hours offline each day for the schedule the team will work together.
Work offline on the program each scheduled day for eight hours.
Collaboration within the team is asynchronously online each day.
Goal 2: Assist Texas State University students by demonstrating, practicing, and training the e-learning classes in the second week in December 2017.
Prepare for the e-learning training and do any final changes to complete the online environment two weeks before the launch date.
Make revisions to the e-learning training program online.
Use instructors to point out any changes that need to occur.
Examine and evaluate the e-learning platform before the launch date at Texas State University.
Prepare the program planning group for the classes by logging into the e-learning platform each day.
Keep the program planning group evaluating the e-learning platform every day for mistakes.
Administer the demonstration, practice, and training of the e-learning to the learners starting December 11, 2017.
Start the e-learning classes with the instructors and learners on the start date.
Practice and train learners how to operate the e-learning classes.
Goal 3: Aid and support Texas State University while launching the e-learning classes for the students in January 2018.
Launch the e-learning classes for students to start January 2018 at Texas State University.
Begin the e-learning classes by opening up the platform for learners.
Start the first day on the e-learning environment with the students to get them comfortable.
Instruct the e-learning classes during the first six semesters for evaluation purposes.
Use the e-learning platform to conduct the classes with the students.
Gather all data throughout the first six semesters for evaluation. Include the assignments, grades, and feedback from students.
Critique the first three e-learning classes, and compare classes and approaches between instructors.
Use the information from the e-learning classes to find the successful approaches in each class.
Use the information to decide how to modify the e-learning classes to make them more effective.

4. 2. More Collaborative Projects in Education
Goal 1: Select different approaches to support collaborative group projects for students at Texas State University by December 2016.
Goal 2: Utilize the new group projects and desired ways to collaborate during group projects for the students at Texas State University in January 2017.
Goal 3: Evaluate which approaches to use in relation to collaborative learning with group projects for the students at Texas State University by December
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2. Trend: More collaborative projects in education:
Goal 1: Select different approaches to support collaborative group projects for students at Texas State University by December 2016.
Objective 1:
Gather a team of five individuals as program planners for designing collaborative group projects.
Strategy:
Use program planners and instructors for creating collaborative group projects for students.
Use mostly staff from Texas State University, but one outside team member to help with diversity and ideas.
Objective 2:
Compare and contrast different approaches for collaborative projects for the students in the groups.
Find examples from professionals who have used collaborative group projects for at least five years.
Discuss different approaches the program planning team develops together.
Compare the examples and the developed ideas for collaborative projects.
Objective 3:
Decide and create the collaborative projects students will use at Texas State University.
Decide how many collaborative projects will be in each class for the students.
Decide the collaborative approaches that will be used together to formulate successful collaboration.
Goal 2: Utilize the new group projects and desired ways to collaborate during group projects for the students at Texas State University in January 2017.
Introduce the new collaborative group projects to students at Texas State University.
Define and explain what collaborative group projects are to the students.
Give students time for questions about the new integration of collaborative group projects.
Practice collaboration with the students on the first project because it is new to Texas State University.
Practice an example group collaboration project together as a whole class.
Practice the first group collaboration project together to get the students used to working together on a project.
Experiment and develop the student’s knowledge about collaboration with group projects at Texas State University.
Remain available for questions and feedback from students about the group collaboration projects.
Experiment with new ideas for students on collaborative group projects to develop a better understanding.
Goal 3: Evaluate which approaches to use in relation to collaborative learning with group projects for the students at Texas State University by December 2017.
Gather the five individuals who are the program planners by the beginning of December 2017.
Contact all of the program planners for an evaluation.
Set up a meeting for the program planners to meet and discuss the collaboration project.
Examine and score the different approaches to collaborative learning for the students at Texas State University.
Gather and organize the results of the different approaches to collaborative learning.
Rate and score which approaches to collaborative group projects were the most successful.
Determine, which approaches and projects for collaborative learning projects that Texas State University will use in their classes.
Decide which approaches to use for collaboration for the projects for the students.
Decide which projects for group collaboration to be implemented into the classes.

5. 3. Using the Andragogy Theory in Education
Goal 1: Define andragogy for instructors to develop comprehension of the theory at Texas State University in August
Goal 2: Modify and change the learning theory to andragogy instead of pedagogy for all of the students at Texas State University starting in January 2017.
Goal 3: Assess, evaluate, and apply the selected approaches to integrate the andragogy learning theory at Texas State University in the summer of 2017.
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3. Trend: Using the andragogy theory in education:
Goal 1: Define andragogy for instructors to develop comprehension of the theory at Texas State University in August 2016.
Objective 1:
Gather a program planning team of six individuals at Texas State University by August 1, 2016.
Strategy:
Use program planners and instructors for creating a program to integrate the andragogy theory into classes.
Use mostly staff from Texas State University, but one outside team member to help with diversity and ideas.
Objective 2:
Illustrate what andragogy is to each instructor at Texas State University in the middle of August 2016.
Define andragogy to each instructor to give them an idea of the learning theory.
Send links to references to instructors for more information on the learning theory.
Objective 3:
Distinguish if instructors have the knowledge and comprehend the theory of andragogy by the end of August 2016.
Make the instructors practice the theory of andragogy together for questions and feedback.
Make the instructors demonstrate the andragogy learning theory in one of their classes in front of an evaluator.
Goal 2: Modify and change the learning theory to andragogy instead of pedagogy for all of the students at Texas State University starting as a freshman in January 2017.
Assemble the program planning team together to design the modifications to the andragogy learning theory by December 2016.
Contact the program planning group for the andragogy theory integration.
Make a set date for the program planning team to meet and make schedules.
Develop an andragogy learning theory plan to assist instructors in the changes for all of the students at Texas State University.
Choose references for examples of integrating the andragogy learning theory into higher education.
Discuss different approaches the program planning team develops.
Compare the examples and the developed ideas for the andragogy theory for education.
Integrate the andragogy learning theory developed by the program planners into each classroom at Texas State University in January 2017.
Choose the ideas of how to integrate andragogy into education.
Apply the andragogy learning theory into the classrooms through the instructors.
Goal 3: Assess, evaluate, and apply the selected approaches to integrate the andragogy learning theory at Texas State University in the summer of 2017.
Gather the program planning team together to assess their approach to andragogy at Texas State University.
Contact and gather the program planners together for a meeting.
Make a schedule for evaluations for the program planners.
Evaluate and revise the approach of the andragogy learning theory at Texas State University.
Critique how successful the integration of the andragogy learning theory was in the classrooms.
Find feedback and problems that need to be revised in the andragogy learning theory program.
Make revisions to the approach to the andragogy learning theory.
Apply and execute the andragogy learning theory into all classrooms at Texas State University in the summer of 2017.
Integrate the idea of the andragogy learning theory into the classes for students.
Instruct learners only using the andragogy learning theory.

6. 4. Social Media Integrated into the Classroom
Goal 1: Develop a social media strategy to integrate social media into classrooms for learning at Texas State University by January 2017.
Goal 2: Apply and experiment with integrating the social media strategy into the classrooms at Texas State University in August 2017.
Goal 3: Evaluate, critique, and evolve the social media strategies for students at Texas State University in the summer of 2018.
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4. Trend: Social media integrated into classroom education:
Goal 1: Develop a social media strategy to integrate social media into classrooms for learning at Texas State University by January 2017.
Objective 1:
Collect a group of seven program planners to address the integration of social media by August 2016.
Strategy:
Use program planners and instructors for developing a social media strategy for education.
Use mostly staff from Texas State University, but one outside team member to help with diversity and ideas.
Objective 2:
Define and identify the social media strategies that can be implemented into the classrooms at Texas State University.
Research social media websites.
Research social media strategies to integrate social media into education.
Make a list of social media strategies that were discovered.
Objective 3:
Design social media strategies to integrate into education at Texas State University by January 2017.
Narrow down the list of social media strategies.
Choose different strategies for different approaches to learning.
Develop a social media strategy design with the choices of approaches.
Goal 2: Apply and experiment with integrating the social media strategy into the classrooms at Texas State University in August 2017.
Apply the social media strategies the program planners designed into the classroom education at Texas State University.
Choose the social media strategies to develop the design for the classroom.
Utilize the social media strategy design the program planners developed.
Experiment with different social media strategies; letting instructors manage their own strategy into education at Texas State University.
Make instructors experiment with different social media tools for the integration into the classroom.
Include the strategy of instructors trying to create their own social media strategy for their class specifically.
Develop the social media strategies while integrating them into education at Texas State University.
Add on to the social media strategies during integration so they increase successful development.
Detect any social media strategies that develop with integrating them into classes.
Goal 3: Evaluate, critique, and evolve the social media strategies for students at Texas State University in the summer of 2018.
Evaluate the social media strategies that were implemented into education at Texas State University.
Gather information from all of the instructors on the social media design.
Find feedback from instructors and learners from the social media design.
Compare and contrast the different social media strategy success results.
Critique each strategy to define anything that needs to be altered in the social media strategies.
Find what made some of the social media designs unsuccessful.
Look for any differences or similarities in the social media designs that could be altered for better results.
Evolve the social media strategies into a more concrete program plan for integrating social media into education at Texas State University.
Look over the evaluation and critique to find where to evolve and change the social media design.
Use the findings to change the social media design for education.
Make a concrete social media program design for education with the changes and evolution of the design.

7. Summary
Texas State University is missing out on some important trends right now. E-learning, collaborative learning, andragogy theory, and social media are all here to stay in the education department. Texas State University needs to develop and apply these four trends to stay current and to be more successful. Students are looking for schools that cater to their learning preferences and styles, so Texas State University needs to address these trends immediately. The Training Trends Plan shows the goals, objectives, and strategies to use to prepare and complete the process.

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