Overview

Our project for the Communicating Instructional Content class was to design and develop interventions for a primary target audience and three secondary audiences that affect the primary audience. The student body was divided into four groups to work on either K-12, Higher Ed, Corporate, or an Environmental Organization. My team and I decided to work on K-12 and make an effort to come up with interventions that can potentially make the transition from elementary to high school smoother and easier. Our primary target audience were students who were soon transitioning to high school, and the secondary target audiences were parents, teachers, and support staff. As a team we came up with a style guide for our organization, and drafted a complete timeline of all interventions over the year.

Naturally, four of us divided the four target audiences amongst us, where I solely focused at the interventions for students. Based on best learning practices for students, the available resources, and the nature of the topic, I decided to design a live, face-to-face, collaborative workshop. To complement the workshop, I :

• Drafted an email to notify parents about the workshop

• Designed a poster to notify students about the workshop

• Created worksheets that allow self-reflection during the workshop

• Developed an infographic that summarizes the key takeaways as a quick reference guide

• Designed an Important Contacts form that the students can keep with themselves in stressful situations.

Following are the learning objectives that guided the development:

After going through the designed interventions, students will be able to:

• Define stress and recognize its signs.

• Identify and discover ways to manage stress.

• Contact relevant resources or people in stressful situations

• Express empathy and provide support to peers going through stress

Design and Considerations

Following are the design considerations that I took in creating the interventions:

• The interventions follows a unique style guide that is aligned across all target audiences.

• The interventions provide them with the opportunity to self-reflect individually as well as in groups.

• The interventions provide them with a quick reference guide when they are in a stressful situation.

• The overall program is well-structured and the design is interactive and engaging.

• Suitable, best practices and theories in design and development are applied.

• Learners are provided with opportunities to reinforce learning.