Task Analysis

Task Analysis

What do we understand about Task Analysis in Instructional Design?

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Task Analysis is...

Multiple Select

We use Task Analysis to teach...

• academic content

• social skills

• communication skills

• behaviours

Task Analysis breaks down a job into observable steps.

• We are able to know what knowledge and learning content are needed

• We can focus on skills needed to perform the task/job

Multiple Choice

What do we do first when we analyse tasks?

• write the goals

• find out the intended goals

• focus the goals on tasks

• assess the goals

Multiple Select

These are the aspects we should analyse first

• User goals

• What users will do

• User experiences in doing the tasks

• Environmental influences

• Users' previous knowledge

Open Ended

Cognitive Task Analysis is...

Open Ended

Hierarchical Task Analysis is....

Backward Planning Model

Explain how this model works.

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What do we need to capture to analyse tasks?

• Tools and Conditions to perform tasks

• Performance measures

• Steps to perform tasks

• Scale of difficulty

• Scale of importance

Open Ended

What do you do to use the information you have captured?

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Why is it necessary to break down tasks into smaller subtasks?

Poll

If you are building a website for an online homemade food delivery service, what tasks would users do on your website?

• search for food keywords

• look at photos

• read reviews

• navigate from other sites

Multiple Select

What questions you can use to analyse?

• What happens if we do not do the task?

• What are the benefits for doing the task?

• If we don't address it, how will they learn it?

• What value does the task bring?

• How critical is the task?

Open Ended

You want to create a lesson to help small entrepreneurs manage their online business during Covid-19 pandemic. How will you decide the knowledge and skills they need to learn from you?