Category: Methods
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Inquiry
Inquiry – a methodology that relies upon the idea that individuals are able to learn by investigating scenarios and problems, and through social experiences. Online learning has become a critical component of modern instruction, offering flexibility and accessibility to diverse student populations. However, many online courses remain content-heavy and instructor-driven,…
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Interactive Instruction
Interactive instruction focuses on interaction among learners, with the instructional leader and with other experts to enhance understanding and improve communication and collaboration skills. Interactive instruction can be challenging when teaching in online asynchronous environments. When thinking about designing an online course, instructors often look to traditional, face-to-face teaching experiences…
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Indirect Instruction
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates Indirect instruction refers to a set of learner-centered methods to encourage student involvement in observing, investigating, drawing inferences from data, or forming hypotheses. A goal is to maximize students’ learning goals and encourage problem-solving and collaboration. Leaner-centered…
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Concept Attainment
Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future. – Susan Sontag Concept Attainment – verbal or graphical examples are presented and students figure out the common attributes say between predator and prey or impressionistic and representational art. This…
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Direct Instruction
Direct instruction is the use of explicit teaching techniques like lecture, demonstration or presentation, usually employed to teach a specific skill or set of information. Direct instruction is a teacher-centered and passive learning model, in which the students receive instruction rather than actively participating in the construction of the learning…
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Adapting Content, Assessments and Resources
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water…
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Selecting Strategies, Assessments and Resources
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. – Nelson Mandela The key component of the selection in the instructional design process stage is to align instructional strategies, resources and assessments with course objectives. Objectives should provide a time frame during which student learning will be accomplished. Selection involves…
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Assessments
If you can’t measure it, it doesn’t exist. Assessments are the techniques instructors use to determine student understanding assessments. and proficiency. As a general rule, assessments should provide for various kinds of responses. Two categories of Assessments have been identified: Summative Assessment Occurs at the end of a predetermined period…
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Instructional Strategies
Telling is not teaching! When developing an online course, it is important to consider how the students will acquire the desired knowledge and skills. In a distance learning setting, instructional strategies must take into account student technology skills, learning styles and communication preferences. Strategies encompass the following approaches: Direct Instruction…
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