Task Analysis for Instructional Design an introduction Ganesh

Task Analysis for Instructional Design: an introduction Ganesh Padmanabhan 3/19/2004

Instructional Design Its hallmark is congruency between instruction, assessment, and learning outcomes. n Different outcomes require different assessments and instructional strategies. n

Need for Task Analysis n “…if you cannot describe how learners should be able to think and perform, how will you be able to design instruction or assessment? ”

What is Task Analysis? n A process of analyzing and articulating the kind of learning that you expect the learners to know how to perform.

Kinds of Task Analysis Job/Procedural Analysis n Content/Subject Matter Analysis n Learning Analysis n Cognitive Task Analysis n Activity Analysis n

What do you do in Task Analysis? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Inventory Tasks and Content Select Tasks for Analysis Describe/Decompose Tasks Sequence Task Components Classify Tasks into Learning Outcomes

Factors in Selecting Tasks Criticality n Universality/Frequency n Standardization n Feasibility n Difficulty n

Task Classification Act of identifying tasks according to the specific type of learning outcome n Taxonomies of Learning n Critical link between analysis and use in instruction n

Knowledge Elicitation Techniques Documentation Analysis n Observation n Survey Questions n Interviews n Think-Aloud Protocols n Unstructured Group Interviews n Structured Group Interviews n

Questions and Discussion