University of the West Indies

Open Campus
EDID 6505
Systems Approach to Designing
Instructional Materials.
Group Instructional Project Presentation
Technological Teaching at the University of Guyana in Education
By:
Kara Lord
Makeisha Bahadur
Rhonda Hamilton

Agenda
Background
Needs Assessment
Task Analysis
Learner & Contextual Analysis
Assessment
Instructional Strategies
Summary

Background
Client: The University of Guyana,
Faculty of Education

 Technological Teaching: The effective

use of moodle
Moodle is available for use by all
lecturers at the University
Has largely been underused
Lack of effective use
Introductory face to face workshop
has been previously been completed

 The proposed workshop is a follow up

special course done purely online
which focuses on:
Creating and posting lecture material
Creating and using assessments tools
Creating and implementing the use of
forums

Needs Assessment
15 full
time
lecture
rs

AUDIEN
CE

TOPIC:The

Effective use of:

FORMAT

Two (2) day online training workshop

which is highly visual, interactive and
collabroative

Needs Assessment
Contd
Optimals

Actuals

Feelings

Post at least 2
lessons per course
on moodle

26.6% of
participants are
aware of
instructional
features

The platform is still

new and can be
confusing to use

Create at least 1
type of assessment
per course

40% of participants
can post a
file/document

The platform is
unnecessary as the
face to face
method has been
successful in the
past

Implement the use

of at least 1 forum
discussion

13.3% have used

moodle to assess
students

Learning is
continuous and
training is
necessary

Needs Assessment
Contd

Causes

Solutions

Lack of knowledge about the

benefits of using moodle

Practical and continuous training

Lack of adequate infrastructure

Infrastructural development

Lack of training opportunities

Staff recognition and incentives

for satisfactory performance

Task Analysis

Task Analysis Contd

# 1 Task

Plan, design, upload two

interactive lessons via moodle

Learner & Contextual

Analysis

Contextual Analysis

Assessing the participants

Assessments inform both students and
teachers if students are learning what we
intend for them to learn
Within Blooms taxonomy of learning domains,
assessments will focus on Knowledge, Skills
and Application in the cognitive domain
The type of assessments selected are varied to
provide robust assessment of different types of
learners in this session (ages 38-65)

Linking Assessments to Objectives and

Instructional strategies

Individualized learning paths using

pre-assessment

Instructional Strategies
VISUAL
PRESENTATION
Online format is visual and stimulating
with exciting multimedia used to
engage users

INTERACTIVE
SIMULATION
Interactive simulations will require
participants to demonstrate the skills
that have learned

BUILT IN
DEMOS
Visual demonstrations with step by
step instructions for using Moodle

GROUP PROJECT
Groups are required to work on
building
their
lessons
together
throughout
the entire course and
submitting their final project at the
end.

THANK
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
YOU!