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DIY Leaky Toilet Repair: Preventive Maintenance Guide

Learn how to assess, repair, and prevent leaky toilets with this DIY instructional design project. Save money by avoiding plumber expenses!

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DIY Leaky Toilet Repair: Preventive Maintenance Guide

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  1. The John and the Porcelain Goddesses:An Instructional Design Project on Leaky Toilet Repair Pam Amendola Technical Goddess Liz May Organizational Goddess John Stanek Evaluation God Yingnan Chen Design Goddess

  2. Needs Assessment • Leaky toilets involve prevention and repair. • Calling a plumber is expensive! • With a little help—a DIY-er can do it.

  3. Local Data Almost 78% of the 40 folks we surveyed said that they would be interested in learning how to repair and prevent a leaky toilet.

  4. Problem Statement (in so many words) A leaky toilet can cause water damage & high water bills.

  5. Rationale for Instruction Some people prefer face to face instruction and hands on tasks rather than using the Internet and books or videos.

  6. Goal Statement Learners will be able to generate a correct assessment and repair of a leaky toilet, as well as learn preventive maintenance to avoid costly damage in the future.

  7. Course Level Design:Leaky Toilet Repair for the DIY-er Course Objectives: • Learners will generate an independent assessment of a leaky toilet to best address the problem. • Learners will generate a complete DIY repair of a leaky toilet and demonstrate routine maintenance.

  8. Three Units • Classification of Malfunction • Identification of Tools & Materials • Demonstration of the Repair

  9. Course Entry Behaviors • motivated to learn how to fix a leaky toilet • 6th grade English level • Sensibly evaluate a home repair problem • access a hardware store & purchase materials • use channel locks, a crescent wrench, a Phillips head screwdriver, and needle nose pliers. • Course Design ICM

  10. Unit Level Design—Unit 3 Demonstration of the Repair Learners can demonstrate a complete toilet repair with assistance from the instructor.

  11. 4 Lessons of Unit 3 1. Execute Disassembly 2. Execute Repair w/ Assistance 3. Execute Reassembly 4. Summarize Maintenance & Prevention

  12. Unit 3 Verbal Information & Attitude Goals Learners will properly summarize the toilet components & describe their functions with 80% accuracy. Learners will choose to fix the leaky toilet as a DIY project. Unit Design ICM

  13. Learner and Context Analysis • No prior experience with toilet repair, no specialized skills or tools. • Instruction takes place at the Home Depeaux, final outcome takes place at one’s residence • the target learners are renters and homeowners—landlords do not always pay for water bills or all collateral damage

  14. Learner and Context Analysis • motivated to learn because they will save money vs. hiring a professional • prefer to learn in a face to face environment • relaxed informal small group, questions welcome, assistance in purchasing materials and tools

  15. Formative Assessment Expert evaluation One on one evaluation Small group evaluation

  16. Experts Three experts evaluated for content, accuracy, and flow. They said to make the lesson more specific & to only focus on toilet parts that would be significant to learners. Changes were made to the power point lesson before moving on to the one-on-one evaluation.

  17. One on one Three learners reviewed the lesson & were told to ask questions and/or make suggestions. They suggested that the sequence should be changed & that some slides were redundant. All three made similar suggestions in this regard. More changes to the lesson were made before moving on to small group evaluation.

  18. Small Group A small group reviewed the Ppt lesson w/ minimal instruction, & advised to look at a real toilet afterward, & give feedback. Suggestions were made to add information that was depicted in picture, but not explained in words, to swap the order of two slides, & to include renters. All suggestions were appreciated & final changes were made to the power point lesson.

  19. Lesson • Performed in the Home Depeaux • Ppt and mp3 used for some of the instruction • Instructor gives additional info and demonstrations • Students use a real working toilet to practice prevention & maintenance

  20. Conclusion Armed with a new skill learners can tackle some toilet repair, and preventive maintenance in their own homes, and may even be able to teach others. Happy Flushing!

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