Cdac Presentation

Users come before Learners: building in the user perspective elearning course design

Madhuri Dubey Vijaya Kumar Palivela

“Learning involves a fundamental shift of mind… It does not mean acquiring more information, but expanding the ability to produce the results we want in life.” Peter Senge The Fifth Discipline

Instructional Design 

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Create learning environments that provide appropriate learning experiences through various media Co-ordinate with project team members (subject matter experts, visual designers, instructional writers, technical experts)

Design that delivers 

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Understand the users before getting down to the design process Embedding the user perspective in the Instructional Design process

Bridging the user-learner gap • Ease of use

Analys e

Evaluat e

ID process

• Context of learning Design

• Media choice • Goals and objectives • Instructional strategy

Implement

Develo p

• Course delivery

Bridging the user-learner gap..Contd

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Course development process 

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Analysis  Needs analysis, task analysis, context analysis, content analysis Design  Content structuring, instructional strategy, prototyping Develop  Flowcharts, Storyboards & Prototypes  Use of authoring tools, production of learning objects Implement  Deployment on Test environment  Usability Review, Usability tests and course acceptance test  Deployment on live environment Evaluate  Post-implementation evaluation

Embedding the user perspective User perspective

Environmental perspective

Computer

Course content

Domain specific skills

Course duration

Learning styles Attitude and motivation

Exercises, assignments Assessments Support and feedback

mindset

results Instructional Strategy

Guidelines for building in the user perspective         

Simplicity Consistency Efficiency of use Feedback Prevention of errors Reduce memory load Dependencies Assistance Matching the mode of delivery with the learner profile

User studies help in meeting the challenge of the right blend   

Online self-paced learning Virtual classrooms Community features

User perspective – value addition     

Ease of use Empowers the learner Enhances efficiency Engaging and enjoyable experience Enhances knowledge retention and application

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