Designing effective online instruction : a handbook for web-based courses / Franklin R. Koontz, Hongqin Li, Daniel P. Compora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koontz, Franklin R., 1939-

Contributor:

Li, Hongqin, 1966-

Compora, Daniel P., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web-based instruction--Design.

Web-based instruction.

Design.

Physical Description:

viii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006.

Summary:

Designing online courses requires a radical change in the way instruction is presented to students. However, there are no research-based models using a systems approach available for designing Web-based instruction. Designing Effective Online Instruction: A Handbook for Web-Based Courses introduces the Assist-Me model to fill this need. Assist-Me, based on a recent Delphi study, offers an instructional design procedure specifically intended for online courses. Data obtained from professional instructional designers were synthesized into a model that contains essential elements to the design process, and Koontz, Li, and Compora present a step-by-step procedure to effectively create online instruction. The Assist-Me model: Allows maximum flexibility when creating effective instruction, permitting the instructor to develop materials in order of preference; Eliminates the trial-and-error approach; Reduces the amount of design time once the model has been used; Increases student learning in a reasonable time.

Contents:

Part 1 Theory and Research

1 Online Instructional Design: What Is It? 3

2 Learning Theory 19

3 Distance Learning Research Findings 31

Part 2 The Assist-Me Model for Web-Based Instruction

4 Step 1: Analyze Instruction, Settings, and Students 49

5 Step 2: State Performance Objectives for E-learning 70

6 Step 3: Select Instructional Materials, Organize Content, and Media 88

7 Step 4: Implement Instruction 107

8 Step 5: Solicit Student Response to Instruction 118

9 Step 6: Test, Evaluate, and Revise Instruction 139

10 Step 7: Maintenance of an Online Course 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1578863864

1578863872

OCLC:

62281494

Publisher Number:

9781578863860 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781578863877 (pbk. : alk. paper)