Session Description
Self-care is the active practice of preserving or improving one’s health. Family caregivers, usually informal, non-health care professionals caring for a loved one, often overlook self-care while providing care. Such oversight potentially leads to exhaustion, stress, burnout, and illness. The purpose of this usability study was to create a resource website to curate existing family caregiver resources relevant to caregivers and supporters of cancer patients. Serving the islands of Maui, Molokai and Lāna`i, the resource site aimed to facilitate connection to local and online family caregiver resources, and reduce online research time for family caregivers, often overwhelmed with responsibilities. A user-centric (U/X) design approach was utilized to design a site responsive to mobile users. The objective of this usability study was to assess the resource site’s ease-of-use, the perceived value of the site, and to assess the feelings of user self-efficacy after use of the resource site. Twelve participants assessed the navigability of the site and the value of the content. Verbal feedback from participants during the study and data from post-usability surveys indicated that participants found the responsive site moderately easy to navigate, found high value in the content, and expressed high levels of confidence in understanding self-care after completion of the usability study.
Presenter(s)
Melanie Chan-Vinoray
Melanie Chan-Vinoray, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area by naturalized U.S. citizens, Melanie Chan-Vinoray was the first in her family to earn a Bachelor’s degree. After earning a B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she served two years in the Americorps National Service Program, working to increase academic achievement in a public school in Oakland, CA. Committed to serving historically and systemically underserved communities through the field of education, Melanie completed a state-approved secondary teacher preparation program at San Francisco State University to continue her work as an educator in public schools. Her commitment as a classroom teacher brought Melanie to Maui, HI, a decade ago. She continues to serve as a middle school teacher in the Hawai’i public school system and strives to spark students’ interests and passions in the classroom. Melanie’s studies in the LTEC graduate program will directly benefit public school students and has also provided her time for immense personal development. She is a second-year graduate student in the College of Education’s online LTEC program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area by naturalized U.S. citizens, Melanie Chan-Vinoray was the first in her family to earn a Bachelor’s degree. After earning a B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she served two years in the Americorps National Service Program, working to increase academic achievement in a public school in Oakland, CA. Committed to serving historically and systemically underserved communities through the field of education, Melanie completed a state-approved secondary teacher preparation program at San Francisco State University to continue her work as an educator in public schools. Her commitment as a classroom teacher brought Melanie to Maui, HI, a decade ago. She continues to serve as a middle school teacher in the Hawai’i public school system and strives to spark students’ interests and passions in the classroom. Melanie’s studies in the LTEC graduate program will directly benefit public school students and has also provided her time for immense personal development. She is a second-year graduate student in the College of Education’s online LTEC program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.Session Type
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Morgan Mamizuka is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Hawaii Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program (HBEP) in Honolulu, Hawaii and a graduate student in the Learning Design and Technology program at UH Manoa (LTEC). After receiving her B.S. in Agricultural Business from UH Hilo she began an internship with the HBEP. Working alongside HBEP staff and volunteers to educate visitors on the marine life and stewardship of Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, she developed a passion for marine conservation and serving others. Since then she has led the HBEP’s Volunteer Program for 12 years. Her role as a Volunteer Coordinator is to recruit, train, and manage more than 100 volunteer docents who engage with the 800,000 park patrons each year. Morgan is excited to utilize the knowledge and skills gained through the LTEC program to enhance and elevate programs, activities, and educational resources offered by the HBEP.
Hongwei Shimizu received BA in Visual Media and MFA in Film & Electronic Media both from AU (American University). She has big passion in teaching, so she also gained Oxford Seminars’ TESOL/TESL/TEFL (100-HOUR) Certificate and Certificate in Greenburg PH.D. Teaching Seminar. Hongwei Shimizu now is a second year LTEC Master student at UH. She hopes she can contribute more and more in the education field of her Visual Media techniques and Multi-languages (Japanese, Chinese, and English) skills.
Aloha Everyone! My name is Kawika Gonzales. I am a part of the LTEC online master’s cohort since Fall 2019. I am also a 6th-grade teacher on the island of Molokai and have been teaching for the past 19 years. Besides the core general education classes, I also teach robotics, computer-aided design, and computer science. More recently, I have incorporated more virtual and augmented reality into my classroom. I am the math and grade level chair for our school and a part of the leadership team. My wife and I have 3 young boys, one in 1st grade and the other 2 in preschool. I enjoy taking them fishing and hunting.
Aloha! My name is Kalei Carvalho. I am currently in my first year of the LTEC Master’s program and anticipate graduating in May 2021. I originally started this program with only the hope of advancing in my career in the future. However, I am beyond grateful that I took this opportunity because it has been very beneficial in my current line of work. I currently work as a Student Support for the Wai’ale’ale Program, which is one of the first-year experience programs at Kaua’i Community College. I have lived on Kaua’i my entire life and use any opportunity I have to help strengthen our community. The biggest motivations in my life, however, are my husband and my children.
Judy Kakazu received her BA in Zoology after switching her major no less than 7 times. As a result she knows very little about a lot of things. Judy then decided that she would take a break from academia and learn something fun. As a result, Judy has been a paramedic with the 911 system on Oahu for 30 years. Intermittently returning to the academia that she vowed never to return to, Judy has been fortunate to study subjects such as Human Physiology at the graduate level. After a recent work injury, Judy was given the opportunity to explore Learning Design and Technology at UH Manoa. As a first year student in the online Master’s program and under the mentorship of all within this excellent department, Judy is truly grateful and hopes to continue the privilege of learning, forever. Some of her interests include the gamification of learning, endocrinology and thinking outside of the box…
Sarah Nakashima regularly looks for strange articles revolving around animals and cults. As a Humanities Librarian at Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM), she uses the found information to engage undergraduate students in the research process. Her excitement for student engagement and her desire to broaden the library’s reach motivated her to pursue online learning. Currently, Sarah is finishing as a Master’s candidate in the UHM College of Education, Learning Design and Technology department. Her research focused on incorporating online learning strategies into current library instructional roles.
Joshua Dimaya grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. Upon receiving his degree in Management Information Systems and Secondary Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, he has worked in the IT fields for 4 years before deciding into moving into the DOE. Joshua is a computer science teacher and tech coordinator at his alma mater. He credits his experience in the private field in helping to modernize the tools and technology structure available to students, educators and faculty at the school. He is always constantly looking into improving and evolving the technology infrastructure of the school. He is a second-year LTEC master’s student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.