volunteer training

Korean is not only a continuously growing language in the United States but also a strategic language suggested by the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense encourages military intelligence agents to learn Korean by taking the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) since the importance of international security increased due to the armistice tension between North and South Korea. This Korean DLPT training course (https://leesooy.wixsite.com/dlpt-korean-vocab) is aiming to improve students’ reading and listening skills by expanding vocabulary.

To accommodate students’ needs for a flexible schedule as well as an effective learning process, the mini online course will reinforce effective learning while providing flexibility for various students. The purpose of this course is to help students become familiar with the high-frequency vocabulary needed for DLPT Korean by analyzing vocabulary structures.

As for the TCC session, these course details will be discussed; how to conduct vocabulary practice throughout real-life resources of newspapers, radio, television broadcasts; and topics of social phenomenons, economy, and politics. The strategy used in course development is the morpheme study based on Bloom’s taxonomy in a hierarchical model. While the course was created with the Wix platform, YouTube, Google Forms, and vocabulary map with MindMasters are major tools that enhance the learning process for students.

The purpose of this instructional design project was to plan and develop an online instructional module for training volunteers regarding various marine biology topics at the Waikīkī Aquarium. The creation of a learning module to be completed by all appropriate volunteers provides consistency in content delivery, a higher level of accountability, a greater level of familiarity with pertinent information, as well as increased confidence with visitors. Waikīkī Aquarium Education Volunteers, known as Educators, are volunteers who specialize in the study of marine biology including ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, and so forth. Learning marine biology is an important part of providing a positive educational experience for Aquarium visitors. There was no formal online training program for Aquarium Educators, and educational technology serves to bridge this gap, helping learners who have grown up using technology to stay engaged and focused in challenging topics. The modules were created using Canvas, a learning management system, as well as a combination of tools including: Google Docs, Screencastify, and YouTube. A constructivist design approach combined with proven multimedia learning principles were integrated into the design.

This project may lead to further research in support of the effectiveness of online learning in the museum field when teaching specific content knowledge to volunteer educators.

The purpose of this instructional design project was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an online instructional module for training volunteers regarding marine biology at the Waikīkī Aquarium. The creation of a learning module to be completed by all appropriate volunteers provides consistency in content delivery, a higher level of accountability, a greater level of familiarity with pertinent information, as well as increased confidence with visitors. Waikīkī Aquarium Education Volunteers, known as Kumus, are volunteers who specialize in malacology, or the study of marine molluscs. Learning marine biology is an important part of providing a positive educational experience for Aquarium visitors. There was no formal online training program for Aquarium Kumus, and educational technology serves to bridge this gap, helping learners who have grown up using technology to stay engaged and focused in challenging topics. The modules were created using Canvas, a learning management system, as well as a combination of tools including: Google Docs, Screencastify, and YouTube. A constructivist design approach combined with proven multimedia learning principles were integrated into the design. This study involved eleven college level participants, with data analyzed and reported through the use of statistical and descriptive analysis. The results of the data indicated that after completing the online training modules, participants’ knowledge of marine biology increased.

This study supports the effectiveness of online learning in the museum field when teaching specific content knowledge to volunteer educators. To view the online course, please utilize this Canvas URL link: https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/6JLMNL to self-enroll and participate in the course.