What is Task Analysis

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Analysis and organization of learning outcomes. Learn more in: Infection Prevention and Control Training-Design of a Workbook Prototype

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This is the method per excellence for the detection and identification of usability problems. This method consists of asking each user to perform a set of tasks on the website evaluated. Users seek to answer questions with different degrees of complexity, thereby allowing assess the functioning of the system to different requests. Learn more in: Information Architecture: A Study about Usability and Accessibility

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A process for analyzing a task to understand how it is accomplished. This type of analysis requires identifying goals, constraints, actions, processes (i.e., sequences of steps taken), and information used to complete the task. Learn more in: Behavioral Modeling

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The process of examining a complex cognitive process or task and breaking it down to its fundamental cognitive components including simple cognitive processes, knowledge, and skills. Learn more in: The Need, Use, and Future of Cognitive Diagnostic Assessments in Classroom Practice

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Used to determine if it is a training/incentive/organizational problem. That is, identify who has the performance problem (management/workers, faculty/learners), the cause of the problem, and appropriate solutions. Learn more in: Instructional Design Methodologies

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A high-level assessment with a concentrated effort expended on detailing all of the tasks and sub-tasks performed by system users. Not only routine tasking, but also sporadic event tasking and emergency event tasking is included. Learn more in: Employee Preparation, Participation, and Performance

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The observation of a competent individual or group completing a task for the purposes of breaking the skill down into smaller components to teach a novice. Learn more in: Applied Behavior Analysis as a Teaching Technology

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Task analysis depicts the process of assessing and describing potential tasks that users need, have or want to perform with the product. Learn more in: Application of Direct and Indirect Human-Centered Design Techniques With Dyslexic Users

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The analysis of workflows and tasks with the aim of establishing the requirements of a user interface. Learn more in: Human-Computer Interaction: A Human Resources Perspective

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A method of determining how a multimedia product works by determining the exact procedural steps that must be performed in order to complete a given task. Learn more in: Human Factors Assessment of Multimedia Products and Systems

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is a domain-specific analysis of the current work situation, which combines such classical HCI techniques as contextual interviews, field observations, ethnography and interaction analysis (Jordan, 1996; van Welie and van der Veer, 2003). Learn more in: Situational Awareness In Collaborative Work Environments

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The process that identifies the skills and knowledge a competent person needs to complete a task to ensure that they are included in the learning process. Learn more in: Strengthening the Internal Quality Assurance Mechanisms in Open and Distance Learning Systems

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The systematic analysis of a terminal behavior to identify and sequence the sub-skills needed to master the terminal behavior. Learn more in: Programmed Instruction Resources

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Analysis of an activity that results in a linear, detailed description of how to perform a task and what knowledge, skills, or dispositions are needed before or during performance of the activity. Learn more in: A Holistic Approach to Integrating ePortfolios as Instructional Methods in Online Programs