Effectively Managing Stress in the Workplace

Diane G. Congdon
Capella University Instructional Design for Online Learning October 28, 2012

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Learning Objectives: Students will learn how to effectively manage stress in the workplace. At the end of the instruction, students will be able to:
Define Workplace Stress. Identify Workplace Stress List Common Workplace Stressors Identify Methods for Minimizing or Eliminating Workplace Stress

Instructional Strategy: The utilization of a tutorial as an instructional strategy for this course design is appropriate because:

Tutorials can be used for numerous low and high-level skills (Fenrich, 2005). Tutorials can be designed to include assessments (Fenrich, 2005). Tutorials can include problem analysis and problem resolution (Fenrich, 2005). Tutorials can enhance and reinforce learning and increase retention of the learned material (Fenrich, 2005). Tutorials outline the expected learning outcomes for learners at the beginning of the learning, which helps learners to see the whole picture and to link ideas into meaningful wholes that will foster motivation, organization, and reflection (Perlman, 2005, pg. 155).

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Instructional Media Selections

The instructional media selections for this tutorial are:
Video with scenarios Audio narration Text narration Text with graphics

Rationale for Media Selections

The instructional media components chosen for this tutorial are video, narration (audio), graphics, and text.
Video will be used to provide recorded scenarios, which will help the learner to witness and understand workplace stress situations in the real world. Audio narration will be used to help reinforce the learning by having the learner hear the learning content. Text provides the learner with a visual component to better absorb the associated concepts. Graphics will be used in conjunction with the text to help learners visualize the meaning of the learning content and associate it with the visuals presented. This will help learners to retain the learning content.

References
Fenrich, P. (2005). Creating instructional multimedia solutions: Practical guidelines for the real world. Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science. Perlman, C., Weston, C., & Gisel, E. (2005). A web-based tutorial to enhance student learning of activity analysis. The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72(3), 153-63. http://search.proquest.com/docview/2 12915535?accountid=27965 WORKPLACE STRESS: A cause of much anguish. (2008). Employee Benefits, (13668722), S.8-S.8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/224697292?accountid=27965 WORKPLACE STRESS: Spotting the signs. (2008). Employee Benefits, (13668722), S.16-S.16. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/224700055?accountid=27965