I am going to develop an activity to assist with the training of nursing staff on the new Adult Observation record.
? Title: Adult Observation: N3182 (Boring I know but I feel that the target group need to be able to identify the activity easily.
Target Group: All Nursing staff using the record but mainly the lower rankings with the least amount of training, i.e. the persons performing the observations.
I have been reading about "chunking" of information. The concept follows the idea of information retention or memory and retrieval of information.
Apparently information should be "chunked" into parts of between 5-7 facts per storyboard.
This means that I am going to have to plan this activity fairly well.
The record has already been broken into about 10 "headings" which I will use as my main parcels of information.
As the training included the development of a Power Point presentation, I will look at perhaps using that as a base on which to work. I am aware of the pitfalls of assuming that Power Points can be adapted into an e-learning activity so will have to be very careful about using this approach.
Aim of activity: re-inforce the information that was learnt during the training sessions
One means of doing this would be to have more scenarios. During the training workshops 3 scenarios were discussed.
I need to find a programme that will allow many small assessments to be integrated into the storyboard.
Any tips?
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Hi Bronwyn
ReplyDeleteYour project sounds interesting. Some quick questions: Will you only be focusing on content and assessment? Or will you also include some form of interaction between you and the students or amongst the students? How long do you plan to make your intervention, i.e. more or less how many hours in total do your students need to engage in the activities?
Antoinette
Bronwyn, your basic plan sounds great, and Antoinette's questions will help you focus. The main challenge (from my perspective) is to create e-learning that is engaging. Usually one has to make some hard decisions to cut out any and all redundant information. Interaction (either making decisions, doing quizes, throwing out thinking activities, scenarios etc) should be the salt and pepper that will make your e-tivity a feast.
ReplyDeleteAbout software you could use ... your could use iSpring (www.ispringsolutions.com) free PowerPoint to flash converter to insert videos and publish something in a flash player. Also for making quizzes your could use the free Hot Potatoes software from Half-Baked software at http://hotpot.uvic.ca/.
Hi Bronwyn
ReplyDeleteI have tried to comment before, but were not able to post. So let's try again.
I am glad about your choice. As stated before, I think it is of great practical value from my own experience. We are not particularly good at recognising danger signs, as seen with avoidable factors in perinatal deaths. I would like to see your program once it's finished, as I think the same principles could be applied in Obstetrics.
I am using Powerpoint for my storyboards (which seemed very difficult at first, but now has become a bit easier). I am also planning to use Powerpoint as base for my "pages".
Where can one read more about chunking?
Regards
Wilhelm