Well thought out course to get my students on the right track
I have learned that it is important to have intellectual interactions with peers and the instructors of the online courses. If that does not happen then the students may feel disconnected and not want to learn as much
Instead of simply giving students reading material and quizzes, interactive content that is well structured by topic is beneficial for distance learning.
The goal of education is to provide content and experiences to students to enable them to progress educationally.
Having a simple well designed course that facilitates student interaction will aid in learning and retention.
I have learned that online courses need to be easy to navigate and sequential and lead to the course objectives. The courses need to be multi-sensory to engage each student's learning style and increase retention of material.
I learned that having structural design, navigational simplicity, and learner-centered approach are the elements of a well-designed online course.
Courses should be well organized, structured, and easily navigated. Student learning is enhanced when they are engaged as contributors to the learning process.
Online learning is a not new it has been around for a while and this company needs help making there materials more interesting. This is not a mail in, it is virtually boring.
An online class needs to be organized very well to make it easy for the students to navigate through.
Designing an online course that includes overt consideration of the four online course characteristics is a solid framework that will assist in delivery and learner knowledge retention. The structural integrity of the course facilitates a coherent course that builds topics, into lessons, then modules. Navigational Simplicity allows the learner to focus on content and not technical ability. Active learner-centered learning encourages multi-sensory learning and instructor engagements. Finally, Intellectual Interaction encourages interaction of high-quality media strategies, and interaction between students and instructors leads to higher retention.
Intellectual interaction.
Quality media and interaction increase learning.
I feel the presentation of lesson material needs to flow in a linear fashion and include media elements for all types of learners.
Since the pandemic, I think online learning has become even more successful and found to be more useful that in previous years. I am currently enrolled in school that is online learning. I'm thankful for it because without it I wouldn't be able to go to a face to face class each day due to my schedule. I think that as years go by, more and more consumers will find themselves in favor of the online style courses.
It is important for students to feel that they are contributing to a course in an intellectual capacity. This means instructor/student interaction is very important.
I leaned that the quality of an online class affects the how much learning takes place. So, I plan to make my online classes with various interactive tools.
This section showed me that the quality and organization of a digital format can have a huge impact on a students ability to learn.
Varying multiple platforms of media and case studies to invigorate critical thinking.
A good online course is well organized and easy to navigate. It will be visually engaging and balanced. It is important to present material that students can engage with in a variety of ways. That said, of course shouldn't be too busy or overwhelming.
