Kat Abe
M.S. Instructional Design and Technology
Overview
This project involved designing and developing an instructional unit following systematic instructional design principles (ADDIE process). The design document includes a needs assessment, goal analysis, learner analysis, contextual analysis, and task analysis. The chosen platform to host the instructional unit (video and assessment) is a Weebly website.
Audience: Graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Tampa
Tools Used: Camtasia, Microsoft PowerPoint, H5P, Canva, Mindmeister, Google Forms
Subject-Matter Expert(s): The Macdonald-Kelce Library Circulation Staff
Problem
The client expressed a need to reevaluate the existing student training program at the library. According to a Library Technical Assistant, a student worker admitted they did not know how to shelve books using the Library of Congress Catalog System because they were never trained to do so, even after working there for a semester. The client acknowledged that the training practices lacked proper standardization.
I suggested observing the learners and conducting a survey among the current student staff to assess the issue, identify learning needs, and gather preferences for training (digital vs. real-time coaching). According to the data, some students did express interest in an online component to training along with real-time feedback and assessment.
Pre-Training Survey for Student Workers
Pre-Training Survey for Student Workers
Pre-Training Survey for Student Workers
Pre-Training Survey for Student Workers
Process
I worked with the Circulation Manager to identify the specific goals of the onboarding process for all new student workers. We agreed that the main goal for my instructional unit was for learners to demonstrate the correct use of the Library of Congress Catalog alphanumeric system to shelve and retrieve items. A procedural task analysis, which can be found in the design document, was then created to break down the shelving process into key tasks.
Instructional Strategies:
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Provide rule demonstrations (present several examples)
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Declarative Knowledge before Procedural Knowledge
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Critical Thinking Exercises
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Practice Application Rules
Action Map
Development
For the instructional unit, I created a video tutorial along with a practice assessment. I built the storyboard and prototype in Microsoft PowerPoint, incorporating multimedia and graphics from Canva, before producing my instructional video. I added voice narration with Camtasia and uploaded the video to YouTube. For accessibility purposes, captions and time stamps were created.
Instructional Design Principles & Trends: Microlearning, Cognitive Load Theory, Mayer's Multimedia Principles
Library of Congress Catalog System Training Video
Screencast of H5P Practice Assessment