Overview
Syllabus
Introduction to the course (Welcome video clip)
2 Mins Welcome clip
30 Mins Introduction to course (outline)
Week 1: Foundations of Learning
Outcomes
Study Materials
Activity
Assessment
Able to
· define e-learning;
· understand the learning and Instructions;&
· Describe the learning theories.
· Theory into Practice Database, Available at http://tip.psychology.org/index.html
· Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, Available at http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/
· Designing Online Learning by Sanjaya Mishra. Published by the Commonwealth of Learning. Available at http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/KS2001-02_online.pdf
Discussion Forum
Quiz
Week 2: Foundations of Learning (cont..)
· Behaviourism
· Schools of Thoughts: Cognitivism
· Schools of Thoughts: Constructivism
· Schools of Thoughts: Connectivism
· Instructional Design Course of Master of Arts (Distance Education) of STRIDE, IGNOU.
· Instructional Technology:WikiBooks. Available at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Instructional_Technology
Discussion Forum
Quiz
Week 3: Instructional Design Models and Theories
· Overview of Instructional Design
· Cognitive Load Theory
· Cognitive Flexibility Theory
Identifying a course and target audience (with need assessment)
Finalising the course and the target audience and their level
Week 4: Instructional Design Models and Theories (cont..)
· 4C-ID Model
· ASSURE Model
· ADDIE Model
· Dick and Carey Model
· Collaborative Learning
Identifying the instructional design model for the selected course
finalising the instructional design model for the selected course
Week 5: Instructional Design Models and Theories (cont..)
· Collaborative Learning
· Scenario-Based Learning
· Problem-Based Learning
· Top Down and Bottom up models in curriculum Development
Designing the learning environment for the selected course
finalising the learning environment for the selected course
Week 6: Instructional Design Processes
· Blooms Taxonomy
· Gagne’s Nine principles of ID
· Learners and Learning Styles
· Should we be using Learning Styles? What research has to say to practice.Available at http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1540.pdf
Designing learning outcome for the selected course
finalising learning outcome for the selected course
Week 7: Instructional Design Processes(cont..)
· Vygotsky: Language of thought
· Banner-Memory and learning
· Learning Objectives
Discussion Forum
Quiz
Week 8: Computer Mediated Communication
· Concept Mapping
· Tools for Concept Mapping
· Technology Analysis for e-Learning
www.freemind .com
Designing concept map for the selected course
finalisingconcept map for the selected course
Week 9: Collaborative Learning
· Synchronous Online Learning and Tools for Synchronous Learning
· Asynchronous Online Learning and Tools for Asynchronous Learning
· 144 Tips for Synchronous E-Learning: Strategy+ Research, Ed by Bill Brandon. Published by the eLearning Guild in 2008. Available at http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1025
Critically analysis the
Collaborative learning
Assignment
Week 10: Collaborative Learning(cont..)
· Instructional support for collaborative learning
· Evaluation of Learning
· Structuring the online course
· Curtis, D.D., & Lawson, M.J. (2001). Exploring Collborative Online Learning, Journal of Asynchronous Leanring Networks, 5 (1), Available at http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v5n1/pdf/v5n1_curtis.pdf
· Smith, B.L., &McGreagor, J.T. What is Collborative Learning? Available at http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu/pdf/collab.pdf
Structuring the selected course
finalisingthe structure of the selected course
Week 11: Activities of Online Learning
· Online Tutoring: Skills and Competencies of Online Tutors
· e-Moderating, The Five Stage Model for Online moderation
· R2D2 (Read, Reflect, Display, Do) Model
· Online Tutoring eBook. Ed by Carol A. Higgison. Available at http://web.archive.org/web/20071212221227/otis.scotcit.ac.uk/onlinebook/
· Nachindila, B. (2007). The role of tutors in teaching of Online English for Business programmes in South Africa: A Case study, MERLOT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning, 3 (4), Available at
http://jolt.merlot.org/documents/nchindila.pdf
Discussion forum
Quiz
Week 12: Activities for Online Learning (cont..)
· Assessment and Evaluation
· Case studies
· Page: E-Moderating (2004) Ed 2. by Gilly Salmon. Published by Kogan London.
· E-tivities (2002) by Gilly Salmon. Published by Kogan Page: London.
· Empowering Online Learning (2008) by Curtis J. Bonk and Ke Zhang. Published by Jossey Bass: San Francisco.
· E-Learning Groups and Communities by David McConnell, (2006). OU Press/ McGraw Hill Education: Berkshire.
Discussion forum
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Taught by
Dr. G. Mythili Deputy Director Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education Indira G