Context Analysis
Purpose:
In this assignment, you will be applying newly gained knowledge and skills in attuning contextual elements to support learning and transfer of new knowledge by the learner. Use content from the reading as a guide.
Scenario:
You are preparing to interview to join a team to design a unit of instruction to solve a workplace or community problem. You have been asked to be prepared to share a sample context analysis guideline that is based upon designing instruction to address the workplace or community problem You are free to conceptualize how instruction will be delivered: via a face-to-face workshop, mobile learning, elearning, or a combination.
Directions:
You will develop a presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint®. Design the slides so that each slide contains both graphics and text.
Your presentation should be 8–14 content slides. Each of the components of the assignment that are listed below should contain graphics. The speaker notes section in each slide should present the components in text form, supported by specific references to the reading. Include two additional slides: a title slide and a reference slide.
- Elements of the Orienting Context
- Explain learner prior knowledge and experience (1 slide)
- Discuss immediate environment factors (1 slide)
- List organizational factors such as incentives and culture (1 slide)
- Contextual Factors That May Prohibit Learning Transfer
- Identify contextual factors that may prohibit learning transfer. (1–2 slides)
- Explain how you will promote learning transfer and avoid contextual factors that prohibit learning. (1–2 slides)
- Contextual Analysis Tools You Will Use
- Name four contextual analysis tools that you will include in your analysis. (1 slide)
- Explain the rationale for each tool that you will include. (1–2 slides)
- Context Analysis Results And Predictions
- Highlight five key conclusions of your context analysis. (1–2 slides)
- Predict unexpected features of the learning context that may arise after the context analysis. (1–2 slides)