Principles of effective online course design
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TOC o “1-3” h z u Effective of course Design PAGEREF _Toc381075135 h 1Learning objectives PAGEREF _Toc381075136 h 2Improving Design PAGEREF _Toc381075137 h 2Principles of effective online course design PAGEREF _Toc381075138 h 3
Advancement in technology in the world has brought a lot of changes in the human beings lives. Presently, learners do not need to get in the class to acquire education. However, they can read and learn to use the present technology in creating or designing a module where they use to post questions and answers on any related topics to be discussed. Online learning, on the other hand, has improved the lives of learners on how education is carried out at the present. As time goes by, online learning is continuing to be more viable as well as being accepted as a legitimate way of education. Online learning offers various benefits making it highly significant part of the world’s educational landscape.
Effective of course Design Effective course design should entail the following key components of the course design; the learning outcomes, learning activities and learning assessments. From the course design provided in the PowerPoint, the following elements have been used to produce an online course design which is highly effective (Sims & Sims,2001). The first element is the use of media; media in this case involve the use of technologies for communication. Media is vital in communication since helps in promoting the right things within the right time while giving exposure to the audience regarding what is right or wrong. Conversely, learners are able to share information given that they are able to share information from one computer to another; in this case, computer is the media where information is communicated (O’Neil, Fisher & Newbold, 2009).The use of discussion questions in the course design has been effectively used the discussion questions help students in picking questions, and revising whenever they fail to attend classes. The course design is user friendly because, its users can view any information that they may require whenever the questions have been posted. Course design encourages active learning by allowing students who are far to access the information, even if they fail to attend classes.
Learning objectivesIt is evidenced that, modules designed in most cases allow learners to fulfill their learning objectives. It helps students in finding information quickly as compared to when learners look for information by themselves. Modules help in guiding the students in their learning module by explaining what the students are expected to learn, which in turn helps them in succeeding in their studies (Blumberg, 2009). The module, on the other hand, provides useful guides that inform the potential learners regarding the general knowledge so as to focus on what they exactly want to achieve in both knowledge and skills.
Improving DesignWhen improving the course design, there are several factors that should be considered. For this case, one change that can be made to improve the design is by using the technology tools which are consistent contact. This is by providing students with the opportunity of participating in web meetings as well as, use of teleconferencing tools (Schroeder, 2012). Another change to be considered when improving the design may include adding the section in module for the consistently ask for the student feedback.
Principles of effective online course designThe principle of the effective online course that the module exemplifies, which an online course tends to give prompt feedback to the learners. It improves the learners’ ability of getting well equipped with the technology that changes day by day. Learners are able to get information at the time they feel like retrieving it from the internet.
References
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