EDTEC 540 Introduction to Educational Technology Design & Develop: Job Aids Instructor: Jim Marshall Ph.D.

Design Phase  Establish objectives  Author test items  Determine instructional/informational strategies  Select delivery media  Create design specification

Tonight Investigate job aid design and development… …recognizing that the process is relevant to the design of many instructional/informational products …to connect the dots between earlier course content and its application to design/development

Classical instruction Focus on altering the brain of the performer

Aided performance Focus on altering the environment

Job Aids Past and Present In the 1980s... "A storage place OTHER THAN MEMORY for information relevant to PERFORMING segments of jobs.” (Harless, 1988, p.2)

behavior steps in procedures alternative to memory support during performance Job Aids: Historical  1980’s job aids

Job Aids: Contemporary "Something external to the individual that:  supports work;  reduces reliance upon memory;  and directs, guides and enlightens performance." (Rossett and Gautier-Downes)

Contemporary Highlights 1980's highlights PLUS... Expanded purposes mental processes guidelines and alternatives motivation (confidence) to perform self-monitoring for quality control

Job Aids for Broader Purposes 1980's 1. Informing 2. Proceeding Turn of the Century 1. Informing 2. Proceeding 3. Coaching and Decision-making

10 aspects of your job aid assignment 1.Introduction – report content 2.Analysis Techniques – report content 3.Objectives – report content 4.Job Aid Media – job aid evaluation 5.Job Aid Design – job aid evaluation 6.Pilot Test – report content 7.Pilot Test Interpretations and Revisions – report content 8.Solution System – report content 9.Writing – job aid and report criteria 10.Complexity – job aid and report criteria