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About
Online Learning
Successful Online Characteristics
IL's Guide to Teaching Online
Online Communications
Online Instructional Strategies
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Methods
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Strategies
Research & References
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How
do students learn?
When
you are deciding how you would like to present your course content,
think about the different ways students learn online. Could you learn
in the same manner that you are expecting them to learn? Are there alternative
methods to explain the same content?
Below
are some examples on how we learn and how these methods can be transferred
to an online learning environment.
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learn by... |
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..Online Examples |
| Listening
to lectures, interviews, speeches, stories, and discussions among
peers and experts. |
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..Case
studies
..Online
conferences
..Audio interviews
..Instructor Commentary
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Asking
for assistance and discussing ideas with peers, mentors, instructors,
and other subject matter experts.
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..Mentoring
in Chat/Email
..Discussions
..Collaborative Breakout Rooms
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| Reading
course materials, related resources, etc. |
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..Course
materials
..Instructor's
lectures ..
..Articles
..Web resources
..Texts
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| Seeing
presenations, demonstrations, and examples. |
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..PowerPoint
slides
..Web quests
..Computer
applications
..Tutorials
..Online audio clips
..Online video clips
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| Exploring,
modeling, researching and practicing authentic
learning tasks. |
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..Online
assessments
..Role-plays
..Case studies
..Simulations
..Computer-based labs
..Procedural
directions
..Hands-on activities
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.Reference:
Horton, W. (2000). Designing web-based training. New York, NY: Wiley.
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