The development of adaptive procedural simulated learning system based on four-component instructional design to promote safety awareness for undergraduate students majoring in gems and jewelry
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to investigate needs for developing safety awareness learning system 2) to develop a 4C/ID-based adaptive procedural simulation (4C/APS) learning system to promote safety awareness 3) to test the effects of the learning system on safety awareness and 4) to propose 4C/APS learning system to promote safety awareness in undergraduate students majoring in gems and jewelry. The subjects in model development consisted of 27 experts including 8 educational technology experts, 16 jewelry manufacturing experts, and 3 educational psychology experts. The subjects in system experiment were 26 undergraduate students from Poh-Chang Academy of Arts who enrolled in Metalware and Jewelry Making 2 course. The research instruments consisted of questionnaires, an expert interview forms, system evaluation forms, and an adaptive computer assisted instruction. The data gathering instruments consisted of two safety awareness tests, and a students satisfaction towards the learning system questionnaire. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test dependent, and one-way ANOVA. The research results indicated that the developed system consisted of five components as follows: 1) adaptive learning 2) 4C/ID 3) educational technology tool 4) measurement and evaluation and 5) roles of persons involved. The learning process within the system consisted of six steps as follows: 1) introduction 2) screening test 3) adapted procedural simulation with guidance 4) learning journal entry 5) post-assessment 6) presentation of safety performance result and summary. The result of the experiment indicated that the mean post-test score of safety awareness was higher that pre-test mean score at .05 level of significance.