Master's Development Project Report Outline

1. A concise statement of the need for the instructional materials, package, or program and how it fits into some larger curriculum or training program.
2. Purpose - Describe the purpose or objectives of the instructional program.
3. Audience - Describe the target population for the instructional program.
4. Methodology, rationale, and literature - Describe the methodology used in designing and developing the instructional program. A rationale for using a particular methodology should be given and supported based on relevant empirical and/or theoretical literature where appropriate. The results of a search of existing relevant instructional materials should also be described.
5. Instructional materials - Provide a brief description of your instructional materials. Include a copy of the actual instructional materials as an appendix. Generally, the instructional package should be exportable so that it may be used by others without direct supervision by the developers.
6. Assessment instruments - Provide a brief description of all student assessment instruments. A copy of the actual instruments should be included in an appendix.
7. Evaluation - Describe the procedures used in the formative evaluations (expert, one-to-one, small group) of the package, the results of the evaluations and any revisions made in the package based on the formative evaluations. Include copies of any evaluation instruments in an appendix.
8. Critique - Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the instructional package and the instructional development process used in light of existing theory in the field and describe how they could be improved given greater time and resources. Where appropriate, the critique should refer to relevant literature.
9. Schedule - Compare the actual schedule with the proposed schedule and note reasons for discrepancies.
10. Final budget report - Summarize the costs associated with the project and compare actual costs with the original estimates.

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