A usability study was conducted to evaluate the online instruction created for the Student Life Office. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if the training was easy to use, simple to navigate, and resulted in user satisfaction. In total, eight (n = 8) students participated in the study. Data from the usability study suggests that participants are eager for the Program Planning training to be initiated.
This presentation will discuss study methods, evaluation instruments, and results. While creating the training was a feat in itself, the researcher found that testing how students react to the training was equally important. The feedback and criticism collected through different rounds of usability testing, helped the researcher refine the prototype. While it was determined that this training can be used with future students, the researcher suggests a learning assessment be conducted prior to circulating the training.
Mellissa Lochman was born and raised on the island of Molokai, Hawaiʻi. After 8 years in the Air Force, she returned home to Hawaiʻi to continue her education. Upon receiving her B.A. in Creative Media from the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu (UHWO) and working as a student employee, she decided to continue a career in education. She is currently a third-year LTEC masterʻs student who provides graphic art to the UHWO Student Life department and teaches students introductory graphic art skills as an online lecturer.A recording of this presentation is available.
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Kūʻiʻolani Cotchay is a graduate student in the M. Ed. Learning Design and Technology program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she received a BA in Hawaiian Studies. She is an alternative educator, interested in creating and fostering learning environments external to the typical classroom. Future plans include creating an online Girls Rock Camp, developing educational content for Kānaka Maoli, and obsessing more about Kānaka Color Theory.
Jade Lum is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Assistant in English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she also received her Master’s degree in English with a focus on literary studies. At the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa she teaches first-year writing composition, and has also taught an Introduction to Literature course with a focus on the fairy tale genre. Most recently, she published chapter work in the book Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic: Subverting Gender and Genre. Her research interests include fairy tale studies, gender studies, adaptation studies, and visual and new media storytelling and rhetoric, particularly drawing from film and video game studies.
Jaymian (Jaymi) Urashima is currently a PhD student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) department. She completed her BA and MA at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the Communicology department. Jaymi currently works as an Instructor/Course Director in the Communicology department, where she teaches public speaking and a variety of communication-related courses.
Dan Boulos is a classically trained animator and story artist with screen credits including Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Feature Animation), Space Jam (Warner Brothers Feature Animation) and The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks Feature Animation). After more than a decade in the feature film industry in Los Angeles Dan moved to Honolulu where he founded Wiki Wiki Cartoons. During his years in Hawaii he developed animation programs for the University of Hawaii Community College System as well UH Manoa, the 4-year research campus. Also, Dan was a founding member of the European Animation Masterclass (EAM) a project of the European Media Fund which trained professional animators from EU member states. Dan has a Masters degree in Education (M.Ed. 2010) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a BFA from Cal Arts Character Animation (1989). His writing has been published in academic journals in both education and computer graphics and he has presented at academic conferences in the US, Spain and Switzerland. Dan has taught courses in traditional hand drawn full-animation as well as 3D CG-animation and various digital 2D and hybrid techniques. He is an active artist and filmmaker while continuing his work in animation scholarship.
Dr. Ariana Eichelberger is an Associate Specialist and Instructional Designer in the College of Education. Eichelberger manages the Instructional Support Group of the College and coordinates the College’s faculty professional development program. As a faculty member of the Department of Learning Design and Technology, Eichelberger teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in instructional design and technology integration. She is also an instructional designer with the COE’s Distance Course Design and Consulting group (DCDC).
Dr. Meng-Fen Grace Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Learning Design and Technology (LTEC) in the College of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She teaches graduate-level courses on mobile learning, design thinking, and research and evaluation of LTEC. Her recent research interests center on applying design thinking, creativity, and problem-solving in real-world education contexts.
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Dr. Sarah Jarvie is an Assistant Professor at Colorado Christian University. She has been a full-time counselor educator since 2014. She has a background in community mental health and private practice with clients of all ages from children to adults. Dr. Jarvie enjoys infusing connection between clinical practice and the classroom. Her research interests include person-centered education, teaching applications to counseling, and counselor and counselor educator wellness.
Dr. Cara Metz is an Assistant Professor at Ashford University. She has been a full-time counselor educators since 2013, and a licensed professional counseling since 2006. She mainly worked with adolescents and adults in her practice. Dr. Metz’s theoretical orientation is person-centered, which she uses both in professional practice and teaching. Her research interests include, person-centered education, online education, and wellness.