Graduate Credit Assignment

NSU/FSEHS Online Supplementary Project

Students seeking graduate credits will complete a supplementary project with Nova Southeastern University , in addition to completing the Educational Impact course. Each NSU-Educational Impact student will be assigned an e-mentor once he/she is registered for the specific NSU/Educational Impact course. Projects will be submitted online as MS Word attachments to the assigned NSU e-mentor.  The mentor will evaluate the project and assign a grade for the course.

The project will consist of writing a Change Paper, as described below:

WRITING A CHANGE PAPER

A Change Paper is a document that contains evidence of a need for change, with recommendations for new strategies that will improve an area of concern. For these change papers, the paradigm shift recommended for your workplace should be within your knowledge base and should relate to the course taken through the Educational Impact Online Academy .

The change paper will contain the following information, in this order, to establish your framework.

• A description of the workplace setting in two paragraphs.
  Example: the kind of facility, purpose of the facility, number of employees in major categories, length of establishment, culture or atmosphere, etc. and the writer's position there.
  
• An explanation of the area being considered for improvement.
  Present a rationalization for the need to make a change or to respond to an emerging need. Identify the stakeholders who would receive the benefit of the change. This could take as little as three to six paragraphs.
  
• Write a review of the professional literature on the topic to be improved (refer to Writing a Literature Review for further instructions {link} ). Use 6-8 scholarly articles from the literature that include theory, practice, and applied research. This can be done in no more than five pages.
  Suggestion: Use descriptors related to the selected topic when doing the literature search.
  
• Recommend strategies to achieve the improvement.
  Example: Select a strategy from the literature reviewed in your paper. Explain how this could be accomplished and by whom.
  Project the learning outcomes that would support your paradigm shift and the expected timeline for completing the change.
  Use two to three paragraphs for this.
  
• Conclude on the concept with reference to relative literature in this document that would ensure success of the change.
  Add two or three paragraphs.

Total length of document should be between 9-12 pages.

Typing the document, using APA format:

• Use the standard Cover Page and submit the document to your e-mentor for approval.
  All NSU assignments are done in 12 pt. Times New Roman font and in APA, 5 th Edition format.
• Start the document with a brief description of the issues or problem area found in the literature in relation to your workplace concern. This should require only a few sentences.
• Insert the above framework.
• Add a Reference page that lists items of the authors' works cited in your document. Use APA format for the items.