Sunday, February 26, 2017

Instructioanl Design for Distance Eduation


Chapter 5

Instructional Design for Distance Education

1.  Unit Model Topic: UMT approach is based on best practices in course design and delivery.

2.  Thread Discussion:  Instructors post questions related to reading, viewing, and or listening to assignments, then students post comments in a discussion area. 

3.  Orienting Context: Students reason for being in a course

4.  Instructional Context:  The learning environment

5.  Transfer Context:  How the knowledge will be used by students. 

6.  Place-Shifted: Synchronous but are not in the same location.

7.  Time-Shifted:  Asynchronous, where students access the class at different time.

8.  Course Management System: Learning management system or virtual learning environments allow students to manage their classes, assignment, activities, quizzes and tests, resources and more in an accessible online environment. 

9.  Proprietary: Single vendor systems are software products that are purchased or licensed from on vendor. (example Blackboard)

10.  Open Source: Free educational software that are maintained by users who implement, modify, and support their system to meet local, specific needs (example Sakai Project and Moodle).

Websites

Best Practices for Designing Distance Education and the U-M-T Approach


This website discusses the What, When and How to Instructional Design.

Selecting Media in Distance Education


This website discusses the different types of media and how and when they should be used.

Designing web-based instruction: A human-computer interaction perspective


This website discusses the design of web-based instruction from an HCI perspective, raising issues which instructors and designers need to consider in the design of web-based instruction and suggesting ways in which instructors and designers can build optimal web instructional sites and pages.

 
Chapter Objectives
1.  Explain why it is important to plan ahead when teaching at a distance.

It is important to plan ahead when teaching at distance to ensure that learning is taking place.  Distance Education is also view as a system; therefore there is a relationship among all components. 

2.  Describe a systematic design process for instructional design.

The systematic design process consists of the learner, the content, the method and material, the environment and technology.

3. Describe the types of learner information to be collected for planning.

Learner information collected for planning consist of ability of the class, potential for learning interactivity, understanding learner characteristics, understanding the orienting context, instructional context, and transfer context.

 4. Explain the decisions about content that need to be made.

The content of a course needs to be sufficient to ensure the entire learning experience will lead to the desired outcome.

5. Explain why it is important to examine teaching strategies and media.

It is important to examine teaching strategies and media so that all the learners are actively engaged.

6. Discuss how technology and resources influence the distance learning environment.

Technology and resources are very important element of the learning environment.  Instructors must be aware how to use all resources effectively.  Once students are able to use the resources the instructor can then reflect on the quality of the lesson. 

7.Discuss the literature dealing with “best practices.”

The literature for best practice offer guidance in the area of  designing and developing distance education. 

8. Design a course using the Unit- Module-Topic model.

3 credit course ; 9 units; 27 modules; 81 topics; 81 learning outcomes

9.  Describe the process for assessment of learning per

1 major assignment per unit and 1 minor assignment per two or three modules.

 

 Change Agent

As a Change  Agent of Instructional Design for Distance Education I will reassess my process of the systematic process to make sure I take into consideration all the components of the model.  To insure a successful learning systems, I must include the learner, content, the method and materials, the environment, technology, and evaluation. 

As a Change Agent I will be more aware about learner, such as the number of students in a class, the nature of the audience, the social, cultural and economic background of the students to create a quality learning experience.  This will also provide me with a means of providing more individualize  instruction.

 

 


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