Internship Details

Our department creates the distance learning material for the Navy and graduate students from around the world. Many students are on deployment and erratic duty schedules must be accommodated.
My title is Interactive Multimedia Assistant. I help create online course work and learning tools, work with instructors to develop lesson formats, and support the distributed learning students. My role is support to the Instructional Designers, Media Developers and Graphic Designers. In this capacity I generate websites, edit content and presentations and generally assist in production however I can.

Our website describes the organization:

The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Educational Design, Development, and Distribution (CED3) aspires to become the nation's leading center for educational design, development, and distribution of graduate level educational products and is committed to ongoing excellence in its services.

CED3 will use its expertise in instructional design, media development/production, marketing/communications, student services and administrative services to support resident and non-resident instructional programs. Through collaboration with NPS schools, departments, and faculty, CED3 will help NPS use new and existing technologies to extend our graduate level education to the total force.

A. Learning Outcomes: In this internship I intend to obtain professional experience in web development with Dreamweaver, Premiere, WebDAV, Articulate, Camtasia, After Effects and other current software. My progress in this will be measurable by the course work that I publish that is actually being used by NPS students.
I intend to grow my design skills through rigorous production of online course material and printed media such as brochures, pamphlets and posters. I will develop my video production skills by taking part in the filming of educational and promotional content. I will gain experience in communication design by taking the learning objectives of faculty and instructors and creating original, interactive content. All of this will be measurable by the deliverables that I produce in these capacities at CED3.
My teamwork and professional collaboration abilities will grow as I continuously interact with co-workers and clients. By collaborating with my team to constantly improve project management and work flow systems we will bring high quality learning products to market. Working in this close, professional design environment will give me those skills so valued in the creative and corporate field. My contributions may hopefully ensure a place on the team after the conclusion of my internship. My progress in this area can be measured by my performance evaluations and my team’s continued success.

B. Internship Agreement: This internship is offered for the duration of my remaining course of study, which is 1 and a half years, with expected graduation date of June 2011. It grants me a special status Student Intern GS 4 (General Selection) position. It’s a part time position, 24 hours per week. I work three full days and attend school on the remaining 2 days. As a part time position the GS status does not include the usual benefits but as a student intern I can raise several steps at a time within the GS4 rank. As a GS4 level I earn an hourly rate. I get quarterly performance reviews where my steps may increase with favorable evaluations. My immediate supervisor is Phil, Tom is my Department Director and Mary Anne is my Administrative Officer. Together they are my supervisors, but Phil oversees my day to day responsibilities.

C. Description of Organization: the center for Educational Design, Development & Distribution works to develop course work for distributed learning. Unique learning systems and web based courses are created with web development tools and video recording equipment. We are a branch of the Naval Postgraduate School and rely on Government and private funding.
CED3’s goal is to develop and provide support for graduate level educational products. Our customers are the students and faculty of NPS. Major decisions are made by committee, a panel exists to guide the department’s achievements and set directives. On a day to day basis decisions are made by group meetings between department members, visiting educators, faculty and staff. Even I take part in lower level decision making processes.

This job provides an appropriate direction of experience for students studying Information Technology and Communication Design. It is a “perfect fit” for those such as myself who are interested in working in the interactive design field. An internship in interactive multimedia development is a natural extension to my Bachelor of Science program. It is an opportunity to gain invaluable hands-on experience that directly complements my course of study.