1. Sultan Qaboos University
College of Education
Course Syllabus for TECH 4999 Graduation Project
Instructional and Learning Technologies Department
Graduation Project:
IT Training Program
For SQU ILT first
year students
Done by:
Intisar Al-Shukri 88905
Supervised by:
D. Maryam AL-Washahi

2. Outline
1. Overview of the project
2. Needs analysis
3. Goal analysis
4. Performance objectives
5. Learner analysis
6. Context analysis
7. Development of software
8. Project resources
9. Formative evaluation
10. Summative evaluation

3. Idea
IT Training Program,
For SQU ILT first year students.

5. Objectives
▪ Identifying SQU IT first year students’ prior IT knowledge and skills.
▪ Increasing their IT knowledge and skills in different areas.
▪ Constructing a reliable Pre-Post-Test to measure learners’ IT knowledge and skills
before and after entering this program.
▪ Producing a reliable content to teach learners about computers.
▪ Helping learners to learn some important, basic computer skills and knowledge.
▪ Increasing learners understanding and retention.
▪ Keeping learners up-to-date of the newest IT software and applications.
▪ Providing a chance for individualized learning.
▪ Offering a reliable IT content that helps learners to accomplish their different tasks.

6. Required Materials
Hardware
Software
Resources

7. Instruments for collecting data for needs assessment
Online
Survey
Pre-Test
Observation

8. Needs Assessment (Dick & Kary Model)
• SQU first year students have lack of computer knowledge and skills.
• They face problems while studying different SQU courses.
• Some are under the academicc observation because of the lack of computer
experiences, knowledge and skills.
Current status

9. Needs Assessment (Dick & Kary Model)
SQU first year
students' lack
Gap of IT
knowledge and
skills.

10. Needs Assessment (Dick & Kary Model)
• SQU first year students have a good, reliable IT knowledge and skills.
• They have the ability to face most of the computer challenges.
• They have good background of the most important software required to complete SQU
courses successfully.
Desired status

11. Instructional Goal
The computer knowledge and skills of SQU ILT first year
students will be increased and enhanced through attending the
IT training program that contains some workshops to master
the basic and essential knowledge and skills needed to
accomplish the requirements of different courses.

12. Suggested Solutions
Develop the IT curriculum to be more appealing and motivating for students.
Encourage children by their parents to get used from technology and the
newest software.
Offering IT training program that studies students’ needs and prior knowledge
and skills and then introducing some workshops to meet their needs and
interests.
Introducing some IT resources for individualized instruction.

13. Implemented solution
 Offering IT training program that studies students’ needs and
prior knowledge and skills and then introducing some
workshops to meet their needs and interests.

14. Reasons for adapting this solution
Studies students’ needs and prior knowledge and skills to meet them
eventually.
Constructs workshops, tutorials, activities and exams depending on
students’ needs and prior knowledge and skills.
It meet most of students learning styles.
Most effective and interesting than learning using one learning style.
Not all learners can learn individually, so this training program will
solve this problem.

15. Learner Analysis
Entry behaviors  Reading and writing skills.
 Motivation to learn about computers
and newest technology and software.
 Basic computer skills.

16. Learner Analysis
• They have to know what’s a
Prior knowledge
computer and what are their uses
of topic area
• They should know different types of
media
• They should have basic skills about
Paint, Sound Recording, power
Point and internet.

17. Learner Analysis
• They feel the need to attend this
Academic
program that will help them in their
motivation academic lives.
• They believe that these software
will help them to make their work
easier.

18. Learner Analysis
Educational and Educational level:
ability levels They are all SQU first year students, IT major.
Ability level :
* They have the ability to use computers
* They have the ability to learn follow the
instructor rules.

19. Learner Analysis
• Most of the learners are visual
General learning
learners.
preferences
• They all learn better by applying
what they were taught.

20. Learner Analysis
Group • The Same educational level: SQU first year
students
characteristics
• gender : Males and females
• different cultures:
• They came from different regions of Oman,
and different life styles.

21. Analysis of performance context
Managerial • The availability of computers with
Support
internet connection all around the
SQU buildings.

22. Analysis of performance context
Physical Aspects - The computer labs at SQU are well
of the work place
organized to help in delivering
learning.

23. Analysis of performance context
Social Aspects Gender: Males and Females.
Cultural: All learners are Omani, but they are
from different regions of Oman.
Religion: They all are Muslims.

24. Analysis of performance context
Constrains • Some learners may not like to be
integrated in such a program, because they
don’t have the interest in learning IT
subject.
• Learners may not attend all the program
workshops, so they’ll lose some important
knowledge or skills offered.

25. Analysis of performance context
Collecting Data This project data is collected from:
• Survey.
• Observation.

26. Analysis of performance context
Physical environment All the program workshops will be
introduced at SQU computer labs with
internet connection.

27. Analysis of performance context
Factors that - Computer labs with internet
facilitate the Project
connection and needed software.

28. Goal Analysis

29. Evaluation Phase
Expert review:
Pre-Post-Test:
D. Talal Amer reviewed the Pre-Post-Test I’ve constructed, and gave me two critique points:
1. The choices of multiple choice questions should be similar in length. (sentences should
have nearly the same length).
2. Questions should be organized according to its type NOT its subject.
So I should put the multiple choice questions together, TRUE and FALSE questions together
and so on.

30. Evaluation Phase
One- To- One Review:
I chose my classmate Asiah Al-Sulaimani(5th year student, IT major) to review the online
survey and Pre-Post-Test I’ve constructed for this project. Here are some of her critique
points she mentioned:
Online Survey:
• Change the choices you’ve written for each Item in the survey from numbers to
clear words.
• 1= Totally Agree 2= Agree 3= Natural 4= Disagree 5= Totally Disagree
• Change Circle the answer to Check the answers boxes .

31. Evaluation Phase
•Pre-Post-Test:
Asiah Al-Sulaimani(5th year student, IT major) critique of the Pre-Post-Test I’ve made.
Before Critique After
1. The GIF format is best for which uses? Rewrite the For which uses The GIF format is the best?
question
2. What type of file should you save your audio as Grammar Which type of file should you save your audio
to be able to import it correctly into movie maker? mistake as to be able to import it correctly into movie
maker?

32. Obstacles
• Graduation project Idea
• Software
• Time

33. My Project