Instructional Learning

In a world where online curriculum is becoming more and more common , it is important that designers be able to ensure student learning . Since classes are many times taken without the aid of a teacher , the courses must be designed in a way where institutions feel comfortable giving students credit for these classes

For online self-instructional lessons without the aid of a teacher or facilitator , the creator would certainly want to strongly suggest a sequence . Create the lessons by a scaffolded approach where one logically leads to the next . The user can

certainly look at lessons out of , but it will be strongly beneficial to follow the suggested br

As far as providing guidance , the course designer would want to ensure several differentiated activities for each lesson as well as web links that would explain concepts more thoroughly . That way if a student does not understand a concept , it could be explained in a variety of ways The activities should be as interactive as they can be . The ALPs site suggests beginning with a Starting Block activity . This can also be used in the middle of a lesson to energize it (ALPS . ALPS also discusses a Learning Spiral method that seems to ensure learning in a variety of ways from a variety of sources . Including drag and drop activities , vocabulary flashcards , wiki activities and even self-assessments that can be checked by a computer and the results emailed back to the student would be important . Tutorials and such are important...