Running HEAD: Presenting E-Learning 1

Presenting E-Learning andDesign Concepts

Michele Kemp

EDU652

Dr. Kris Jamsa

February 7, 2011

EDU652 February 2011

Presenting E-Learning and Design Concepts

E-Learning Concept Considerations

E-Learning

Varieties of E-Learning

Teaching Sequence & Learning Activities

Aligning Learning Goals

& Objectives

Design Perspectives & Influences

Instructional Design

Aligning Learning Goals & Objectives

E-Learning

Using information & computer technologies to create learning experiences.

E-Learning…

• Training delivered on a computer

• Taking place in an electronically-simulated environment

Types DescriptionsStandalone Solo learner

Self-pacedVirtual-Classroom On-line

Class structured

Learning Games and Simulations

Simulated activitiesRequires exploration

Embedded Diagnostic procedureOn-line help

Blended Learning Use various learning formsMobile Learning Aided by PDA’s & smart phones Knowledge Management Broad uses of e-learning, online

documents

Varieties of E-Learning

TheoriesStrategiesMethodologies

InstructionalDesign

E-Learning Design Perspectives & Influences

SoftwareEngineering

Media design

Economics

SelectionSequencingSynchronization

ObjectsUsabilityRapid Development

Business GoalsScheduleCosts

• Selecting

• Organizing

• Specifying

Instructional Design

Requires

Instructional Design Contributes

Theories of how people learn

Strategies for applying theories

Methodologies to carry out the strategies

Software Engineering Contributes

• Object Design

• Usability Design

• Rapid Development

Media Design Contributes

• Selection

• Sequencing

• Synchronization

Economics Contributes

• Business Goals

• Schedule

• Costs

Aligning Learning Goals & Objectives

GOALS

• Identify underlying goal• Clarify goal

• Measure of success• How to accomplish

• Make organization’s goal your own

• Consider wide range of goals

• Design quickly & reliably

• Set learning objectives• Write learning objectives• Good learning objectives

• Clear• Precise• Worthy

• Types of Objectives• Primary• Secondary

OBJECTIVES

E-Learning Design

TEACHING SEQUENCES

• Bottom Up

• Top Down

• Sideways

• Absorb

• Do

• Connect

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

E-Learning Design

1. Clark & Mayer (2008), E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning, p. 7-75.

2. Retrieved from E-Learning, Webopedia.com on 2/07/2011.

3. Horton, William, E-Learning by Design, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., (2006), p. 1-46.

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