Design principles for_online_instruction
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The document outlines design principles for online instruction, including focusing on student needs, providing just-in-time learning anywhere, and fostering collaborative environments. It recommends making instruction interactive, activity-based, and engaging by incorporating questions, varied elements, and examples relevant to learners. Instructors should meaningfully connect new information to prior knowledge, maintain diversity through multiple media types, use collaborative strategies, reduce cognitive load, and provide scaffolding to foster independent thinking.
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Design principles for_online_instruction
- 1. Design Principles for Online Instruction: A New Kind of Classroom Strategies for Learning Foley, T., & Toporski, N. (2004). Design principles for online instruction. TOJDE. (Vol 5. No. 1)
- 2. A New Kind of Classroom Teacher Facilitated Center learning around the student Focus on the needs and strengths of the students Provide just-in-time and anywhere-anytime learning Foster collaborative learning environments Emphasize authentic learning experiences
- 3. Strategies for Learning Make it interactive Active rather than passive participant Encourage discovery and experimentation Activity based instruction promoting multiple representations of knowledge
- 4. Strategies for Learning Keep it engaging and motivating Incorporate novel events Pose questions or problems to solve Vary the elements of instruction Use examples related to learners prior experiences
- 5. Strategies for Learning Put things in context Meaningfully connect new information with prior knowledge
- 6. Strategies for Learning Maintain Diversity Incorporate various forms of media Text Illustrations Animations Video Audio Simulations
- 7. Strategies for Learning Use Collaborative Strategies Mutual engagement of participants in an effort to solve problems together Shared learning opportunities
- 8. Strategies for Learning Reduce cognitive load Chunk information Focus attention to coincide with explanations Reduce information “overload” Provide appropriate support
- 9. Strategies for Learning Provide adequate scaffolding Teacher models the desired learning strategy or task, then gradually shifts responsibility to the students Conscious attempt to foster independent and higher-order thinking skills