Case based learning - Higher Education - conflict resolution for pre-service teachers

Detailed Description:

The Washington, DC Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) launched a pilot mentoring program in July 2007. There was an overwhelming response to the four-month program. Twenty project management mentors and 20 project management mentees were selected to participate and many others were placed on a waiting list.  It is the Chapter’s plan to permanently offer the mentor program in the summer of 2008. 

It is the Chapter’s goal to provide its members with the opportunity to both share experiences and develop project management skills in a chosen area or industry.  There are many seasoned project management professionals who enjoy sharing their knowledge and expertise with novices in the field.  Whether entry-level project managers are managing a project or motivating a team; they need the skills to respond, solve, and succeed.  Paired with experienced project management professionals, they are able to learn best practices by engaging in conversations about real-world experiences.  They can also discuss lessons learned with the key decision-maker.

Because of the overwhelming response to the pilot mentoring program, the Washington DC chapter will need the instructional tools in place to make the mentoring program a success when it launches next summer.  It is the goal of the instructional designer to develop an online learning environment for the mentoring program based on the cognitive apprenticeship pedagogical model.  In a cognitive apprenticeship model “learners are invited into the actual practices of a knowledge domain and asked to perform these practices as an apprentice or intern.”

Learning Outcomes:

The learners will be able to:

  • Work through a current problem in managing a project
  • Obtain ideas for how to become a more effective project manager
  • Fast forward project management skills or solidify a specific skill to be applied in any situation
  • Increase project management competencies
  • Earn Self-Directed Learning PDU credits (for those with a PMP certification)
  • Give back to the profession by sharing knowledge and wisdom
  • Have a meaningful impact on an individual’s project management skill set
  • Build deeper relationships with other PMIWDC members or prospective members