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The Development of Online Courses - Dean Caplan, Theory and Practice of Online Learning

Introduction: In the ideal world, instructional media developers—those who will actually create the planned instructional materials with which the student will interact—are included in the course development process from the beginning, to consult with and advise course team members on development-related topics as they arise. Then, on receiving a detailed design document from the subject matter expert or instructor, developers will set to work, assured that:
• the instructional designs of the learning materials are stable
because they have been based firmly on sound, proven learning
theories;
• these instructional designs will meet the institution’s identified
and articulated internal and external standards for quality,
usability, and interoperability;
• appropriate media have been selected to meet these standards;


  posted by Ray at 3/06/2004 12:39:00 PM permanent item link   

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