The next section of your design document is the Learner and Context Analysis. When creating a multimedia program, as with any instructional design project, it's important to understand who your target learners are so that you can design an instructional event that is best suited to your audience. In addition, it's important to understand the context in which the instruction will take place, and the context in which the learners will eventually use their new skills.
In addition to describing general characteristics such as age, grade level, and topic being studied, you should be able to describe your learners in terms of the following characteristics:
When analyzing the performance context, you should look at factors such as:
The other type of context is the learning context. Factors to consider here include:
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So far you've assessed your needs, written a goal statement, and created an instructional analysis that identified your goal steps, subordinate skills, and entry behaviors. The next step is to describe the learners themselves, the context in which learning will take place, and the context in which the learners will eventually use their new skills. You've had to think about your learners in previous lessons, but now it's time to take a really close look at who you are designing your multimedia program for. The fourth section of your design document will contain your Learner Analysis, and the fifth section will contain the Context Analysis.
Section 4: Learner Analysis
By the time you reach this stage in the instructional design process you should know a great deal about what is expected of your learners if your goal is to be accomplished. However, you may need to know more about the learners. Although you identified who was associated with the need and who should accomplish the goal, you should take a closer look at these learners in order to identify possible incompatibilities between the learners and the goals. For this section you should write a description of your learners that addresses the following points:
Label this section of your design document Learner Analysis.
Section 5: Context Analysis
Next you want to describe the context in which the learners will use their new skills and knowledge after the instruction is completed, as well as the context in which the learning will take place.
Performance Context
Write a paragraph describing the context in which the learners will eventually be required to use their new skills. Keep in mind that this is different from the context in which they will actually learn the skills. Address the following points:
Learning Context
Finally, write a paragraph describing the context in which the learning will occur. Keep in mind that this may differ from the context in which the skills will actually be used. Address the following points:
Label this section of your design document Context Analysis.
Sections 4 and 5 (Learner Analysis and Context Analysis) should be added to the design document you started creating earlier. Once again, this document should be typed up in Microsoft Word. At the top of the document you should have the title "Learner Analysis and Content Analysis". Underneath that should be your name, email address, and the date. You should save the document on your computer with the name "mmlearners". After you have saved your file, go to the student interface and submit your assignment for grading. Click here if you need additional information regarding submission of your assignment.
Assignment:
Learner and Context Analysis
Points:
20 Learner Analysis
Performance Context
Learning Context
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