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A More Accessible Onboarding Learning

Zoe Mao’s Intern Project Proposal

Explorers Capacity Development Team

National Geographic Society

Summer 2024

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Table of Contents

Overview

  • Conceptualization
    • Accessible to whom?
    • Universal Design for Learning
  • Execution
    • NovoEd’s capacity
    • Priority Matrix

Background

Project Components

Timeline

Deliverable

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Overview

With National Geographic Society’s long-term effort to increase accessibility in mind, I aim to pinpoint opportunities for enhanced accessibility in the Explorers onboarding courses.

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Background

The current Explorers onboarding experience involves four 30-minute online courses:

Orientation, Ethics and Integrity in Action, Understanding Unexamined Bias, and National Geographic and You.

The courses are hosted on NovoEd, an online learning platform.

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Background

The Explorers Capacity Development team is currently revising the Understanding Unexamined Bias course. This serves as a natural opportunity to brainstorm and execute new components that will potentially increase learning accessibility for Explorers.

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Different levels of revisions for the other three courses are also possible.

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Project Components

    • Accessible to whom?
    • Universal Design for Learning

Conceptualization

Execution

    • NovoEd’s capacity
    • Priority matrix

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Vision impairment

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

or Lack of attention

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Anxious thoughts

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Low motivation

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English as a second language

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Accessible

to

whom?

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= Learning Opportunities for All

Universal Design

for

Learning

https://udlguidelines.cast.org/

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Vision impairment

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

or Lack of attention

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Anxious thoughts

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Low motivation

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English as a second language

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……

Universal Design

for

Learning

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NovoEd’s

Capacity

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(Beyond

NovoEd:

Interactive Features

from

Other LMS)

Flippable Cards

Clickable Images

Matching

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Priority

Matrix

Quick

Win

Grand

Prix

Chicken

Feed

White Elephant

Effort

Impact

low

high

low

high

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-antonym-to-quick-wins-in-management-consulting-terminology

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Deliverable

For all courses

Report document

UDL Domain

Content

Quick Win

Grand Prix

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For the “Unexamined Bias” course

NovoEd edits (after approval)

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Timeline

*hard final deadline; week-by-week tasks subject to change given other CapDev projects

2

weeks 3-4

  • Brainstorm quick win and grand prix for all courses
  • Explore NovoEd’s capacity
  • Refine Project proposal

1

weeks 1-2

  • Familiarize with CapDev’s scope of work
  • Take onboarding courses
  • Learn about Explorers
  • Decide Project

3

weeks 5-6

  • Focus on Unexamined Bias course
  • Make report document

4

weeks 7-8

  • After approval, test NovoEd edits for the Unexamined Bias course
  • Refine report document for the other courses

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week 10

  • Finalize deliverables
  • Present, seek feedback, revise

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week 9

  • Explore evaluative measures to create a two-way feedback loop between Explorers and CapDev
  • Refine deliverables

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HAPPY DESIGNING!