Special Courses:

During Summer 2003 Dr. Hardré introduced two Special Course Strands, both implemented as Collaborative Project Teams, under the course number EIPT 6930, Intensive Studies: Advanced Instructional Design Project. Based on student interest and instructor availability, these courses may be offered in subsequent summers. No financial compensation is available for course-related tasks, but both opportunities offer a potentially powerful addition to the student's resumé.

Research Team
This course brings together a team of students who want to be involved in all phases of laboratory and field research projects. This opportunity serves as training and development for future research experiences, and offers practice in multi-study applications of individual and team research skills. It is guided and highly participatory, and invites students with advanced skills and experience to take on leadership roles.

The goal of the Research Team is to move forward on the several research projects that Dr. Hardré is currently working on. Activities may include (but are not limited to) study design, instrument development, intervention design and development, data collection, data analysis, and scholarly writing (conference proposals, articles, grants), based on student interest and skills. Ongoing projects include studies in: academic motivation, self-determination, secondary teacher education, TA professional development, computer-based data collection.

Development Team
This course brings together a team of students who want to be involved in all phases of instructional design & development: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The subject matter is core content of the courses that Dr. Hardré teaches, plus a number of intervention studies.    

Tasks include, for instance, designing public and private website materials, along with testing and troubleshooting the system. Beyond design and development, the team will examine confidentiality and security issues, and necessarily consider a range of instructional philosophies and models. The project is highly participatory and student-managed.