Technology Analysis

LTDE 5350 | Emerging Technology

Project Title: Adopting Frontline in Higher Education Pedagogy Program

1. Project Type
Select a category that best describes the proposed project type.
Project Type - select one.
☐ New-record or application currently does not exist.
☐ Enhancement-adding functionality to an existing report or application.
☐ Replacement-replace an existing application or report.
☐ Fix-report or application does not work as expected.
☐ Upgrade-mandatory upgrade for vendor providing software.
☐ Other:

2. Project Description
Higher education consists of the idea that through education, one can change the
world. Furthermore, the purpose of the pedagogy programs at the higher education
level is to prepare individuals with the necessary tools needed to not only thrive in the
education field, but also transform it. The next generation of professionals is emerging
and to achieve the goal of higher ed, we must transition our forward education mentality
into action. The workforce is a very competitive field and offering micro credentials and
badges offers an opportunity for students to gain and highlight the skills needed to have
a competitive edge that would evidence their professional competence.
Offering micro credentials and badges through Frontline Education will provide
students with an opportunity to grow professionally and refine these necessary 21st
century skills. Meanwhile, this would also provide the higher education community an
increased opportunity to attract prospective students, thus both increasing the number
of students applying to the program while also ensuring they receive a quality education
that is applicable to the demands of the current and future of the educational field.
What is Frontline Education?
Frontline Education is an online platform that offers management and micro credential
opportunities as part of their infrastructure solutions to promote and increase
professional development.

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
What are the benefits of Frontline Education?
• Micro credential areas can be assigned and/or chosen by student
• Administrators can track and monitor students’ progress
• Students must submit evidence of mastery, which will increase their skills
• Students are part of a learning community in which they can receive feedback
• Micro credentials increase professional development and personalized learning
• Virtual platform offers flexibility and accessibility
• Pricing is affordable for an extensive variety of content that will fit the
needs/interests of the students
3. Project Timeline
Year 1 (Semester 1): August 2021- Administrators, instructional leaders, and
December 2021 student teachers will undergo special
training to understand the basics of
Frontline Demo- Prospective Teachers in
Frontline.
clinical teaching
During this time, students in the clinical
teaching program will complete their
professional development utilizing a
demo version of Frontline. Student
teachers will work within their
departments and with the support of the
on-campus subject specialist to work on
areas of need for each individual teacher.
Throughout this time, data will be
collected and compared to previous data
to see the impact of the micro-credentials
software on the instruction imparted.
Year 1 (Semester 2)- Year 2: January During this time, the use of Frontline
2022-May 2023 software will be expanded to the use of all
students in their junior and senior year.
Throughout this time, data will be
collected and compared to previous data
to see the impact of the micro-credentials
software on the instruction imparted.
Year 3: August 2024-May 2025 During this time, the use of Frontline
software will be expanded to the use of all
teaching candidates within the Educator
Preparation Program.

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
 Throughout this time, data will be
collected and compared to previous data
to see the impact of the micro-credentials
software on the instruction imparted.

4. Project Benefits
Enforce Standards
Through the adoption of Frontline Software, we seek to provide professional development
opportunities that not only abide by the professional development standards, but also
accomplish the task of individualizing support for student teachers to improve instruction and
thus benefit the student body long-term.
Provide Better Access to Data
Frontline Micro-credential software will allow administrators, appraisers, and students gain
access to a variety of professional development areas and track their progress in a timely,
efficient manner.
Manage Data
All the professional development data will be kept organized in the Frontline platform making it
easy to navigate and manage the professional development record.
Select the categories that best describe the benefits realized and what groups would be
impacted through this proposed project.
Project benefits-select all that apply.
☐ Automate repetitive or complex Manual tasks ☐ Manage data import, export, etc.
☐ Enhance or simplify the user interface ☐ Provide better access to data
☐ Prevent unwanted actions or enforce standards ☐ Required reporting need
☐ Streamline complex processes ☐ Required system upgrade
☐ Other:

What groups would be impacted?-Select one

☐ The HBU community and beyond ☐ The HBU community
☐ Faculty and administrative staff ☐Students
☐ Subset of student or staff ☐ Single department
☐ Other: Recently Graduated Students

5. Project Alternatives
Conference/Professional Development Sessions

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
Professional development sessions can be done to target collective need areas to
enhance student instruction as traditionally done.
Drawback with Alternative: The collective need area might not always benefit
every teacher in goals of improving instructional practices. Our mission as a
campus is to provide opportunities for student teachers to grow professionally to
be able to provide a higher quality education to all students in a future.
Learning Management/Coaching Sessions
Administrators, instructional leaders, and students will workshop to learn how to
utilize Frontline effectively prior to using it.
Administrators and instructional leaders can design individualized professional
development and assign it to student teachers after collecting data from coaching
sessions.
Drawback with Alternative: Designing individualized professional development
will require an immense amount of time investment which could be utilized for
more effective purposes.
6. Project Cost
For a medium sized organization, the average cost is $40 per teacher, per year.
For an undergraduate student, this would equate to approximately $160 for four
years. Therefore, it is approximately $16,000 for 100 teachers.
Project Proposal Ratings
The committee will review your request and assign a rating to your proposal. This rating will
help the committee to evaluate the proposal for endorsement. The committee asks that the
Requestor and Sponsor also provide a proposal rating analysis for the committee’s
consideration. Rank the proposal based on benefit, cost, visibility/impact and risk using the
following guidelines.
Benefit Cost Visibility/Impact Risk Total
Evaluator Rating 4 3 3 2 12
Final Review/Rating

Category Rating Guidelines

Benefit 5 High Benefit – this request will deliver any or all of the following: significant university
savings, significant productivity/business process improvement, significant
business/infrastructure opportunity
4

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
 3 Moderate benefit – this request will deliver any or all of the following: university
savings, moderate productivity/business process improvement, moderate
business/infrastructure opportunity
2
1 Low benefit – this request will deliver NONE of the following: university savings,
productivity/business process improvement, business/infrastructure opportunity

Cost 5 Total project cost > $50,000

(dollars & people) 4 Total project cost > $25,000 and <= $50,000
3 Total project cost > $15,000 and <= $25,000
2 Total project cost > $5,000 and <= $15,000
1 Total project cost <= $5,000

Visibility/Impact 5 High Visibility – this project will be responsive to the Board of Trustees / Senior
(campus wide) Administrators / Regulatory Agencies
4
3 High Impact – this project will impact all users and constituencies
2
1 Low impact – this project will impact some users AND/OR constituencies

Risk 5 This project presents a high risk of disrupting university operations AND/OR no risk if
not implemented
4
3 This project presents a moderate risk of disrupting university operations AND/OR
some risk if not implemented
2
1 This project presents a minimal risk of disrupting university operations AND/OR a high
risk if NOT implemented

Project Proposal Request

Requestor Signature: Jennifer Rosi Moreno Calix Date: 10/17/21

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.