RunningHead:G3CODECAMP

G3CODECAMP
TraciHogrefe,TomShamrell,andHeatherTobey
CaliforniaStateUniversity,MontereyBay

TableofContents

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INTRODUCTION.... 4
ANALYSIS...................... 5

NeedAnalysis......... 5

LearnerAnalysis..... 5

WorkplaceAnalysis 6

DESIGN..

TestInstruments............

ManagementStrategies.

Instruction..........

DEVELOPMENT.......

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Materials..................

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Time.............. 11
Cost............ 12
Process............... 13
IMPLEMENTATION.

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EVALUATION..........

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UsabilityTest.....

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FormativeandSummativeEvaluation 17

REFERENCES...........

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APPENDIXA............

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APPENDIXB............

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APPENDIXC............

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APPENDIXD

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APPENDIXE

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Introduction

Imagineforoneminutewhatlifewouldbelikewithoutanycomputersormaterialthings
thatrequiretheuseofacomputerchipsuchasacellphone,Ipad,ormp3player.Forolder
generationsthisisactuallyeasybecausethosegenerationsgrewupwithoutit.However,today's
generationswouldnotknowwhattodo.Itisimperativethen,thatwemakesurethecurrent
generationsunderstandtheimportanceofknowinghowtomaintainandcreatenewcomputers,
computerprograms,andhowtowrite,rewrite,andfixcomputingissues.Instructionofsuch
codingshouldbeginearlyandbemadeavailabletoearlygenerations.Startingwithpreteens
seemstobealogicalplacetostart,astheyhavealreadyhadexposuretosuchitemsalongwitha
potentialinterestinlearninghowtocode.
ThegoalofCaliforniaStateUniversity,MontereyBay(CSUMB)istocreatealearning
environmentthatsupportscurrentpreteengenerations,ages912,incomingtogetherand
learningthebasicsofcomputercoding.TheproposedobjectiveistocreateaniLearnmodule
alongwithtrainingfortheinstructors/TAswhowillbeprovidingthesummercampthroughthe
MontereyBaycampusofCaliforniaStateUniversity.
EightweekshavebeenallotedtocreatethetestiLearnmoduleandtrainingforcamp
instructors.Thiswillincludeafirstaidtrainingsession,navigationoftheiLearnmodule,and
overviewguidelinesetviaStorylineforgeneraltrainingofcampproceduresfortherespective
agegroupofcampers.Costsassociatedwiththedevelopmentofthiscampconsistsoftime
devotedtotheprojectbytheSME(subjectmatterexpert),designers,instructors,andall
personnelinvolved.MaterialsneededforthecreationofiLearn,Storyline,andfirstaidtraining
consistofthecomputersoftware,accesstoaMoodlesitewitheditingenabled,andrelated

informationavailableonfirstaidandCPR.TheiLearnsiteandtrainingwillneedtobetestedby
theSMEandinstructorsinvolvedwiththesummercodingcamppriortopublication.Overall,the
goalistotrainandguidetheinstructorsthroughthetoolsandresourcesneededtorunasmooth
summercodingcamp.
Analysis

NeedAnalysis
CodecampisbeingofferedforthefirstyearintheMontereyBayareabytheComputer
ScienceprogramatCSUMB.Theinstructorsofthecamparewellequippedwiththesubject
mattercodingbutmayormaynothaveverymuchexperienceworkingwithyouth.Since
someoftheinstructorassistants,orTAs,mightcomefromoffcampus,theymayalsonotbe
familiarwiththecampusfacilitiesandequipment.
Themoodlesitetemplatewillofferinstructorsandinstructorassistantssupportby
reviewingnationalfirstaidprocedures,localemergencyprocedures,howtonavigateandusethe
moodlesite,aswellasprovideimportantinformationabouttheuniversityscampusandworker
expectations.Sincetheseinstructorswillbeworkingwithyouth,itwillbenecessarythatcertain
proceduresarewellknownandfollowed.
LearnerAnalysis
Agoodlearneranalysisisimportantforthedesignofaninstructionaldesigndocument
(Morrisonetal.,2013).Theintendedlearnersarethepaidinstructorsleadingthecodecampand
volunteeradvancedhighschoolstudentsorundergraduatesatCSUMB.Theinstructorsare
universityfacultymembersandcomputersciencemajorsintheirjuniororsenioryear.All

instructorsandvolunteersarerequiredtocompletethetrainingbytheWednesdaybeforethe
campbeginsinthesummer2016.
TheintendedlearnersarehighschoolAPvolunteerstudentsCSUMBundergraduate
studentsandCSUMBgraduatestudentsasTeacherAssistantsandaspossiblyinstructors
betweentheages1725yearswithsomeinstructorsbeingexperiencedprofessionalsandhaving
experiencewithonlinecourses.Theinstructorsareexpectedtohavegoodexperienceusing
moodlesites,areaccustomedtotheuniversitylifestyleandsurroundingcampus.Volunteers,on
theotherhand,maynotbefamiliarwiththesurroundingfacilities,norfamiliarusingamoodle
siteoronlinetutorialastheirprimarysourceofimportantinformation.Thetrainingonthe
moodlesitenavigationwillhelpeaseanyunfamiliaritywiththenewsystemandofferreviewfor
instructorswithpreviousexperience.
WorkplaceAnalysis
Thecodecampwillbeconductedwithacombinationofindoorandoutdoor
environments.Theindoorsettingswillincludethecampuslibrary,classrooms,andthedining
facilities,whiletheoutdoorlocationswillincludethebasketballcourts,thecampustrack,and
severalofthecampusquads.Thespecificquadsavailablewillbesubjecttoavailability.These
outdoorlocationswillbeusedforacombinationofgameswhichcaninclude,Frisbeefootball,
soccer,kickball,hopscotch,jumpropeandavarietyofotherapprovedgames.
Thestudentswillhaveresourcesfromcampuslabs,thecampuslibraryandactivity
center.Dependingonavailability,resourcesmayalsoincludeLegorobotics.Oneofthe
constraintsonthecampwillbetimeconstraintsfromothercampusactivitygroupswhichmay

alsorequireareastobeshared.OneoftheotherconstraintswillbetheamountofTA/instructors
availableforthedailyevents.
TheTA/instructorswillallberequiredtocompletetheonlinetrainingandpresenttheir
certificatestotheonsitecoordinatorpriortothestartofthecourse.TA/volunteerscanconsistof
highschoolstudentsandlowerclassmenuniversitystudents.Instructorsmustbejuniororsenior
undergraduatestudentsthathavehadatleastoneyearofcodingclasses.TAsandinstructorsare
preferredtobesourcedfromtheuniversitystudentpools.Instructorsmustbecompetentin
onlineskillsandhaveaccessandtheabilitytousetheMoodlesite.Furthermoretheinstructors
musthavethedesireandmotivationtolearncampproceduresandbefullyinvolvedinthecamp.
OthertaskstobetaughtatthecodecampTA/Instructortrainingwillincludehowtouse
theiLearnsite,firstaidprocedures,andwhattodoinanemergency.
Design
TestInstruments
Simplicityandclarityisusedtokeepdistractionslowandattentionhigh.UsingMayers
multimediaprinciplessupportthelearnersabilitytonavigatethroughthetutorialsandlearnthe
objectives(Clark&Mayer,2011).Tocoverthethreesectionsoftheorientation:sitenavigation,
proceduraltasks,andfirstaidresponsetheassessmentswillbeofferedthroughtheonline
tutorialaStorylineproductandthroughtheiLearnsiteitself.Sincetheassessmentswill
needtobeprogrammedtogivethelearnersimmediatefeedbackwithoutthesupervisors
evaluation,assessmentswillgenerallybemultiplechoice,matching,true/false,draganddrop,
andfillinquestions.Therefore,therewillbenoneedforanindividualtogradeanessayorshort
answer.

Theimmediatefeedbackgivesthelearnerssomereviewofwhattheyunderstoodor
misunderstoodwithoutdelaysothattheycanreviewtheirmistakesandimprovetheirscorethe
nexttimetheytaketheassessments.Giventhatthelearnersshouldgainasmuchasinformation
aspossiblefromthisorientation,alllearnersareexpectedtocompleteandpassallassessments
oftheorientation.Inordertomakethispossible,alllearnersareableandencouragedtoretake
anyoftheassessmentsasoftenasneeded.FollowingGagnsinstructionalprinciples,the
learnersshouldfinallytransferthisknowledgeandapplyittothecodecamp(Gagn,1974,
1977a,1977b,1985ascitedinGredler,2009)
Anassessmentquestionexample:
1. Whataretheemergencyactionsteps(MultipleChoice)
a. CallCheckCPR
b. CPRCallMove
c. CheckCallCare
d. MoveCheckCall
e. CareCheckCall
2. Whereshouldtheemergencyproceduresguidebelocated?
a. IntheCSUMBPoliceStation
b. Inthecampusrestroom
c. Onthewall,nexttothephones
3. Whereonthescreenwillyoufindshortcutlinkstotrainingandassessments?
a. Totheleft
b. Totheright

c. Inthecenter
ManagementStrategies
Allassessmentsandtheirresultswillbeavailableforthesupervisortoreviewthroughthe
iLearnsite.Thesupervisorwillhaveaccesstoeachlearnerstestresultsandcompletionoftheir
training.Inadditiontothesupervisorsaccesstotheresults,thelearnerswillalsoreceivea
certificateofcompletionforeachofthethreesections.ThelearnerscanemailthePDFversion
orhandovertheprintedversionofthecompletioncertificatetotheirsupervisor.
Attheendofeachassessment,thelearnerwillreceiveimmediatefeedbacknotonlyon
theirresults,butdetailstotheircorrectandincorrectanswers.Includingformativefeedbackand
allowingthelearnertoretaketheassessmentwillmotivatethelearnertoreviewandbetter
understandthematerial,improvinglikelihoodthatthelearnerwillbetterlearntheobjectives.
Instruction
Instructioninallthreesectionsvary,butgenerallyfollowMayersMultimediaPrinciples
andGagnesinstructionaltheories.Thetutorialsforthefirstaidresponsehavebeencompleted
bytheAmericanRedCrossFamilyFirstAidandCPROnlineAdultandPediatriceLearning
modules(AmericanRedCross,2013),followingbothinstructionaltheoriesandprinciples.Each
lessonbeginswithanintroductionvideo,drawingthelearnertounderstandthevalueofthe
learningobjectives.Eachlessonthensharestheobjectiveswiththelearner,informsthelearner
ofsituationsandproperresponsesusingvideoandbulletpoints,aswellaschallengesuserswith
casestudiesandinteractivereview.Finally,theiLearnsitewillprovideassessmentsthatcanbe
reviewedbythesupervisorwhenlessonsandassessmentsarecompleted.

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Similarly,thenavigationandtheproceduraltasksmodulesuseinstructionaltheoriesto
drawinthelearnersandchallengelearners,aswellasusemultimediaprinciplestogiveaclear
andconciseinstruction.AssessmentswithintheStorylineprogramandiLearnmodulewill
coincidewiththeinstruction,makingclearconnectionstothelearningobjectives.
Development
ThedevelopmentoftheiLearnmodulestartedfromapresetshell.Itemswereaddedsuch
aspictures,hyperlinkstoresources,training,andassessmentsthroughthemoduleeditingtools.
AdailyschedulewithopenfoldersforusebytheSMEswereaddedwithinthesite.Discussions
regardingtherequiredmaterialwereaddressedthroughoutthedevelopmentoftheproject.
WithintheiLearnmoduletherearethreeothertrainingtutorialsalongwithassessments.Step
oneoftheiLearntrainingmoduleisdedicatedtothenavigationofthesite.Twowebsitesanda
tutorialvideowerecreatedusingDreamweaverandCamtasia.Thetwowebsiteswereincluded
togivethesitepersonalization.Byaskingforthetraineesnameonsiteone,itprovidesthatname
inthefollowingsiteforamorecomfortableoverallfeel.
Theactualnavigationtutorialwasascreenrecordingofthesitecontainingarrowsand
narrationtopinpointwhereitemsofinterestwerelocated.Thetwomainpartsofthenavigation
tutorialdiscussedwere:navigatingthehomepageandthedailycampschedule.Forknowledge
checks,twoquizzeswereembeddedwithinthetutorialtoassurethetraineesunderstoodthe
content.
Materials:
1. Moodlesite:iLearnthroughCSUMBsCenterforAcademicTechnologies(CAT)
2. Storyline:eLearningauthoringtool

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3. Camtasia:screencastrecordingtool
4. Dreamweaver:websitecreator
5. GoogleHangouts:conferencingtool
6. Camera:picturesandvideos
7. Email:communication
8. GoogleDocs:documentation
9. Computer
10. Highspeedinternet
Time
ProjectTasks

Hours

Teamorganization

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Analysis:performancegap,learner,task

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Research,Meetingswithsubjectmatterexperts

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Collectmaterialneededforproject:videos,websites,links,images,&data

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InstructionalDesignDocument

28

DesigniLearnsite

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Designnavigationtutorial&assessments

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Designproceduraltutorial&assessments

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EmbedFirstAidandCPRobjectives,lessons,&assessments

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Oneononetest:useusabilitysurveys

Revise:clarity,impact,&feasibility

Smallgroupevaluation

Revise:clarity,impact,&feasibility

Fieldtrial

SummativeEvaluation

Revise:clarity,impact,&feasibility

Costs
Product
Software:ArticulateStoryline
Camera

$
299.99
199.991299.99

Microphone

3.99159.99

CostofSME

50.0080.00perhour

GoogleProducts

Free

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iLearnsite

Freeforsubscribers

Support

varies

Computer

299.00999.99

Internet

40.0080.00permonth

Process
1. Analysis
a. ContactandmeetwithSME
b. Attendmeetingswithinvolvedindividuals
c. Attendcampanalyzecurrentmethods
d. Surveylearnersviacasualconversation
e. Researchenvironmentandtakepicturesoffacility
2. CreateIDD
3. Designprototypes
4. Testandreviseprototype
5. Fieldtrial
Implementation
Trainingshouldcommenceaweekpriortothecampstarting.Thisgivestheinstructors
timetoreviewandsetupproperlyforthecamp.Thedeliveryofthistrainingisgiveninthree
partsandcanbetakenanywherethatisconvenientforthetraineeaslongasacomputerand

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internetareavailable.AlltrainingiscontainedwithintheiLearnasstepsundertheCSUMB
CodeCamplogo.ThefirsttutorialisanavigationoftheiLearnsite.Theuserwillbeginby
clickingontheclearlylabeledlink:STEPONE:Clickheretogetstarted.Thelinktakesthem
toawebsitewherethetrainingbegins.Aftersubmittingtheirname,thetraineesarebroughtto
anotherwebsitewhichcontainstheobjectivesofthetrainingfollowedbyaninformationalvideo
ontheiLearnMoodlesitenavigation.Oncethevideoisover,theywillbeaskedtotakeabrief
quiztoassesswhethertheyhavemetallofthestatedobjectives.
ThesecondportionofthetrainingistitledSteptwo:Instructor/TAtraining.This
interactiveeLearningmodule,Storylinesoftware,willgooverEmergencyprocedures,general
codingsoftwarethatused,ideasforoutdooractivities,settingstudentsupforsuccess,andsetting
instructorsupforsuccess.OncetheeLearningmodulehasbeencompleted,thereisabriefquiz
toreviewandassesswhethereverythingwascoveredeffectively.Thefinalpieceoftrainingisa
webbasedAmericanRedCrossFirstAidandCPRtraining.Thereareeightlessonswithinthe
moduleandallmustbecompletedbeforeatraineecanbecomeaninstructor/TA.Thelessonsare
expectedtotakeaboutonetotwohourstocomplete.Anassessmentfollowingeachlessonis
expectedtobecompletedandpassedinordertoreceiveacompletioncertificatethroughiLearn.
Oncealloftherequirementshavebeencompleted,theCSUMBCodeCampmaycommence.

Evaluation
Usability
Usabilityisoneofthemostimportantfunctionsofaproject.Makingsuretheprojectis
usableandprovidesviablematerialandcontentisthegoal.Ausabilitytestorsurveyisusedto

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helpdiscoverinconsistenciesandinaccuraciesbeforetheclientreceivesthefinalproduct.A
usabilitysurveyhasbeencreatedtocapturetheseitemsbeforetheactualuseofthetrainingwill
gointoeffect.Wewillalsoevaluatetheeffectivenessofthetrainingmodulesbyensuringit
reachesourtargetaudience,itisclearandconcise,andallowsforoptimalabsorptionofthe
intendedmaterial.Ourfocusisontheeffectivenessofthetrainingtoolsthemselves,alongwith
thecontentwithineachofthem.Theevaluationwilladdressanyweaknesswithinthedesignand
implementation,alongwithallowingthestrengthstobeobserved.Thefollowingresultswere
recorded.
Usabilitytestresults:
1.

Allrespondentsfeltthemoduleswereeasytouse.
2.

Allrespondentsfeltthemoduleswerepleasingtotheeye.
3.

Allrespondentsfeltthemoduleskepttheirattention.
4.

Allbutonerespondentsagreedthatallthelinksworkedproperly.(See
recommendations)
5.

Allrespondentsfelttheylearnedsomethingthroughthemodules.
6.

Allbutonewouldrecommendthemodulestosomeoneelsewhowantstobecomean
instructor(seerecommendations).
7.

Allbutonehadnoissueswhilereviewingthematerial.(seerecommendations)
NotedConcerns:
1.

Changinguptheinitialwebpageforstepone.Needtomakethepictureontheright
smallersotheenteryournamestandsoutmore.

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2.

NothavingallofthedocumentsasPDFsgoodcommentaboutnoteveryonehaving
Microsoftofficeorthelatestversionofitontheircomputerswouldmakeitdifficulttoopen
someofthefiles.
3.

Concernaboutthecontentwasmentioned.Althoughthiswasnotpartofourproject,
havingmorecontentmighthavehelped.Bigconcernwascontentonoutdooractivities.
Recommendations:

Afterreviewingtheusabilitysurveyresultweconcludedthatafewitems

mayneedadjustingbeforethetrainingandcodecampareused.Stepseemedtostumpafew
users.Thewebpagedoesnotindicatethatthethereisaneedtoclickabuttontostartthe
tutorial.Thiscanbeadjustedveryeasilyinthefutureversionsbutaddingthetextandmaking
thepicturetorightsmallerandlessofadistraction.

Anotherrecommendationistouploadorattachonlypdfdocumentsor

googledocumentsinsteadofMicrosoftOfficeprogramdocuments.Thiscanbeaccomplished,
again,veryeasilyinfutureversions.ContentalsoneedstobeaddedtotheiLearnsitebeforeits
initialuse.

Anothersuggestion/recommendationistoaddasurveytotakeoncethe

traininghasbeencompletedandthentakenagainaftertoweekofcamphasbeencompleted.
Beforeandafterresultscanidentifypotentialissuesorinconsistencieswithinthemodules
themselvesandhoweffectivetheformattingofiLearnsiteactuallyis.Thesesurveyshavebeen
placedinappendixDandE.
Oncethetraininghasbeentestedandthecampasawholehasbeenreviewed,the
formativeevaluation,intheformofaquestionnaire,willbegiventoallowthetraineesto

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providetheirfeedbackandsuggestionsforimprovement,alongwiththeprogramdirectorand
SME.
FormativeandSummative
Tohelpevaluatetheprocessofthetraining,theTA/Instructorswillbeaskedtofillouta
surveywithquestionspertainingtothequalityofthetraining.Examplequestionsmightlook
similartothese:Didyoufeelthetrainingcoveredtheobjectivesthatwerepresented?Was
thetrainingclearandconcise?andWhat,ifanything,wouldyouchangedtomakeitmore
effectiveforyou?ForevaluatingtheeffectivenessoftheiLearnmoduleandgeneraltraining,
assessmentsareembeddedwithintheactualtrainingmodulestogivefeedbackimmediatelyto
thetrainee.Thenavigationassessmentswithinthevideomustbetakeninorderforthetraining
toresume.ThefirstaidassessmentsareheldwithintheiLearnmoduleitself.Thesemustbe
takenpriortocampstartingandmustbepassedinordertobecomeaninstructorforthecamp.
Oncetheevaluationshastakenplace,updatesorimprovementmodificationshavebeen
recognized,thetrainingwillbeadjustedandbroughtthroughthetestingprocessonceagain.
ExamplesoftheseassessmentshavebeenprovidedintheAppendixB.
LongTermEvaluation
Twogeneralassessmentswillbeprovidedtotheinstructorsonceaftertraininghas
commencedandtheotheraftertheweekofcamphasbeencompleted.Thiswillallowfora
longertermevaluationforcontinualimprovementofthenotonlythetrainingbutthecamp
structureaswell.ExamplesoftheseassessmentshavebeenprovidedintheAppendixDandE.

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AppendixA

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AppendixB
Exampleassessmentquestions
FirstAidassessmentexamplequestions:

Navigationassessmentexamplequestion:

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AppendixBcont
Exampleassessmentquestionscont
Generaltrainingassessmentexamplequestion:

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AppendixC
(formativesurveysandresultstobeadded)
Clicktoviewsuggestedsurvey
Samplepieceofsurvey

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AppendixD
Exampleoflongtermtrainingevaluation:
(Clickhereforfullform)

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AppendixE
Exampleoflongtermcodecampstructureevaluation:
(Clickhereforfullform)