Planning & Design Aspect

Instructional Design Framework

‘If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail’.

-Benjamin Franklin-

Without a plan, you might waste a lot of time making decisions and adjustments as you go that could ultimately cause you to end up reworking the whole course. Having a certain framework is useful and it will make you rethink how you approach online course creation.

A full cycle of online course development typically involved the following phases: Planning, design, deliver, evaluate.

This module focuses specifically on the Delivery part which concerned more on the students' engagement, learning experience and performance in the online course. This course will provide strategies for online practitioners who are looking for new ideas to enhance their online instruction and facilitation, providing a new framework to consider when designing and implementing online interaction, including online discussion.

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4 Phases of Course Creation & Development

ADDIE Instructional Model

In the field of E-Learning, there are several models/methodologies for instructional design developing, but undoubtedly the ADDIE model is the most popular.

The widespread popularity of ADDIE, as a methodology, is primarily due to its simplicity, flexibility and versatility. The learning model will allow you to analyze all the information through the observation of the response, the learning process and the behaviour of the students.

ADDIE – is an abbreviation, which contains five main phases of the model:

Analysis
Design
Development
Implementation
Evaluation
Check out also this nice infographic on ADDIE model.

ADDIE model can be used to help you whether you are at the stage of planning for the whole program or planning at the course level. I would highly recommend this website which provides a comprehensive step-by-step walk-through on the ADDIE model.

The Dick & Carey Model

Dick and Carey first introduced their Systems Approach Model back in 1978, when they published The Systematic Design of Instruction. Since then, it has been one of the most popular Instructional Design models, thanks to the fact that it views learning as a comprehensive system, rather than a variety of individual components.

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9 Steps To Apply The Dick And Carey Model In eLearning

The Structure of Online Session

Delivery—Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

Learn about Gagne's model of instructional design with this fun and inventive drag-and-drop.

A number of learning theories can be utilised for online course design. Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction is one of the theories that online learning experts often adopt when creating a suitable online learning strategy.

Gagne believed that there are several different levels of learning, and each level requires different types of instruction. He created a nine-step process that detailed each element required for effective learning:

The nine-steps are:

Gain attention
Inform learners of objectives
Stimulate recall of prior learning
Present the content
Provide “learning guidance”
Elicit performance (practice)
Provide feedback
Assess performance
Enhance retention and transfer to the job

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