Development and design of the course helps with student interaction and engagment.
The success of online learning hinges on effective media strategies and instructional design (ISD). By carefully selecting technological tools such as LMS platforms, interactive videos, and discussion forums, and by creating a solid instructional design that fosters motivation, interaction, and ongoing assessment, we can optimize the student learning experience. It is crucial to tailor content to diverse learning styles and encourage peer collaboration to build a dynamic and effective learning environment.
This is a big section with lots of information, key takeaway for me was participate in student learning give them the tools to be successful. Try new things, group projects, written assignments, work groups and more .. Be purposeful to keep student engaged.
I will be looking for ways to integrate multimedia more often in my classes.
Media helps the student to interact and engage with the content and captures their attention.
Using rubrics that are clearly stated allow for students to know exactly how they are assessed.
Media strategies and ISD work together like this:
ISD sets the overall plan to meet learning goals.
Media strategies choose the best tools and methods to make content engaging and accessible.
For example, in an ISD project, media strategies help decide if interactive videos or text are better for presenting information. ISD ensures the chosen media aligns with the learning goals and assessments.
Combining both approaches makes learning more engaging and effective by using different media in a well-structured way.
Strategic incorporation of video to support the concepts.
This section was a good refresher on ISD. I will go back through my online course and evaluate to make sure it meets all of the learning objectives and makes sense from the student perspective.
Organization is crucial. Without logical sequence in each module, things become unclear and learning is halted. With logical sequencing, things build on each other and connections are made.
Something that stood out to me was, "One of the benefits of a learning community in an online course is peer accountability. Peer accountability helps students to keep on task and feel that they are part of an ongoing effort to increase their learning opportunities"
Hello! I find particularly challenging the activities aimed at creating community among students and instructors participating in the online course. The possibility of connecting and relating with other people, beyond the distance, seems to me to be a fundamental element of this teaching-learning modality. A pleasure to greet you from Cordoba, Argentina!
I think the media its the most important part of a course, because it adds interaction, life and more resources to students.
By giving the students multiple methods of assessment, and also including them in the assessment process, they will better understand the material and where they, or a fellow student, went wrong and will be able to more easily make corrections.
I have not used a document entitled "Design Specs" - and I look forward to using this!
Online classes MUST include a wide variety of media.
It would be best if you were organized online; so many tasks need to be done correctly to engage students, have them participate, and make them feel heard and important. Assessment is critical and there are multiple ways to teach, you need to use the best format for the lesson, not always just lecture. Use color and your imagination,
What an interesting module. I loved being able to justify the quality of course elements, including images, videos, and how to improve student engagement and even the connection among students.
Audio, graphics, text, video, etc... are understood during the design and development phase. Feedback from implementation can be useful in order to change and develop new strategies for student learning.
Learning all about the ISD and the structure/setup of the system.
