The instructional design criteria for optimal online teaching and learning
Abdallah Hamed Hamid Al Rahbi
What are the instructional design criteria for optimal online teaching and learning?
There are some criteria that make the instructional design acceptable and useful for online teaching and learning:
· Pedagogy: There are opportunities for collaboration, self-paced study, exploration, and self-assessment.
· Content: Course content is standards-based, accurate and up-to-date, and has appropriate depth and breadth for the course objectives.
· Engaged learning: Assignments support multiple learning styles, the course challenges students and encourages creative solutions, and there is continuous dialog between and among teachers and learners.
· Technology integration: Technology is used to support collaboration, problem solving, presentations, instruction, assessment, and extension of learning opportunities beyond the traditional classroom.
· Assessment strategies: Instructors assess students’ prior knowledge and skills, use multiple approaches to assessment, and embed performance assessments into the learning experiences.
· Resources needed by students: Besides ensuring access to all online and print materials, well-designed courses include technical support, on-site facilitation, and regular online "office hours" for access to instructors.
· Course structure: Online courses need to have objectives, units, assignments, and time expectations well-defined for students, with assessments to help students determine when they are ready to move on to new material.
· Course website: The online environment should follow good web design criteria, be easy to navigate, conserve bandwidth, and follow copyright principles.
If you have any additional criteria or any comments please post it.
Dalal Mohammed Sulaiman Al Dhafari
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