Section 4

Human Performance Improvement is defined with three different terms, vision, concept, and desire.  One of the performance problems that I see at my school is communication between management and the teachers.  I think a solution to this is to maybe put out a weekly reminders sheet, or a daily reminder sheet.  I think that the success of any good school is communication to make sure the teachers are doing what they need to do and making sure the students are on the same page.

Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) according to Wikipedia is any computer software program or component that improves user performance.  Electronic performance support systems can help an organization to reduce the cost of training staff while increasing productivity and performance.  Dictionary.com states that EPSS is a system that provides electronic task guidance and support to the user at the moment of need.  EPSS can provide application help, reference information, guided instructions and/or tutorials, subject matter expert advise and hints on how to perform a task more efficiently.  The third source I looked at by techscribe said that an Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) is one method of supplying online support to people who use computer systems.  I prefer the second definition from dictionary.com because of its detail and conciseness.  This definition also gave examples of how it can be used in the business world as well as the teaching field.  I do not think that EPSS has been widely used because it is so new and people have not caught on to it yet, as well as it takes some time to set them up, however, I believe once it becomes more known and they are set up it will become something that is used more and more.

        

In Pre-Kindergarten they take an assessment at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the year.  This is not a state test but a test set up by Primrose corporate.  The problem is that the way the questions are worded for the administrators to read verbatim is not the way that the teachers are told to teach the lessons.  There is a gap that needs to be filled somehow, either the wording of the test needs to be changed or the way the teachers teach so that students are not confused.  Using the blended learning system will help this gap close.

I have been exposed to several different types of informal learning, especially this semester having all online classes.  I have had to learn how to do blogs, plan my time accordingly so that assignments get done.  I have learned to use the virtual office, doc sharing and the dropbox.  These are different ways to turn in assignments when you are not face-to-face in a “normal classroom.