Learning Objects for Instruction: Design and Evaluation


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Learning Objects for Instruction shows how practical models of learning objects solutions are being applied in education, organizations, industry, and the military. It includes diverse strategies used across these groups to apply learning objects -- from the use of firmly-grounded theoretical contexts to practical tool-based solutions. The reader will find a thorough history, solid models and real-world practices for using learning objects for instruction in a variety of settings. Greater numbers of organizations are expected to embrace the use of objects for instruction as issues of standardization continue to be worked out.




Form, Function, and Style in Instructional Design: Emerging Research and Opportunities


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As technological influences and advancements change the format and availability of online learning, instructional design is forced to adapt and accommodate to these changes by exploring different approaches to form, function, and style. These changes are noticeable in the characteristics of instructional design and are made with the intention of promoting the betterment of students’ educational experiences. Form, Function, and Style in Instructional Design: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential research book that explores attributes of instructional design in various real-world projects and how it is applied to learning contexts, technological contexts, visualization design, character design, and more. Highlighting topics such as affective learning, learning efficacy, and curriculum design, this book is ideal for educators, administrators, instructional designers, curriculum developers, software developers, instructors, academicians, and students.




The Essentials of Instructional Design


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The Essentials of Instructional Design, 4th Edition introduces the fundamental elements, principles, and practice of instructional design (ID) to students new to ID. Key procedures within the ID process—learner analysis, task analysis, needs analysis, developing goals and objectives, organizing instruction, developing instructional activities, assessing learner achievement, and evaluating the success of the instructional design—are covered comprehensively and enriched with descriptions and examples of how these procedures are accomplished using the best-known models. Unlike most other ID books, The Essentials of Instructional Design provides an overview of the principles and practice of ID without placing emphasis on any one ID model. Offering the voices of instructional designers from a number of professional settings and providing real-life examples from across sectors, students learn how professional organizations put the various ID processes into practice. This revised edition features new activities, quizzes, and content on professional development. Offering a variety of possible approaches for each step in the ID process and clearly explaining the strengths and challenges associated with each, this book prepares students with the information they need to make informed decisions as they design and develop instruction.







Beginner’s Guide to Instructional Design


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Applying instructional design principles to serve content just right! KEY FEATURES ● Covers concepts and methodologies for determining the learning objectives, study content, and the mode of delivery. ● Exclusive coverage of best practices for designing education and workplace training material. ● Includes strategies for designing and delivering online and classroom learning content. DESCRIPTION This book aims to give instructional designers a better understanding of how learning science can be used in their work. Four real-world case studies illustrate educational needs and the associated solution, bridging theory and practice. Professionals can use the book's templates and formats to create job aids, virtual training, and online learning storyboards. The prominent ADDIE methodology for instructional material development is used throughout the book. The ADDIE model's phases are taught and demonstrated using a variety of real-world scenarios. Gagne's Events of Instruction, Kolb's Experiential Model, and Merrill's Principles of Learning are just a few of the foundational frameworks thoroughly presented with the examples. This book provides examples to show assessment strategies for verifying declarative knowledge and assessment tools for evaluating procedural knowledge. Information about authoring tools,LMSs and LXPs are also covered. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Create synchronous and asynchronous online learning resources. ● Acquire familiarity with authoring tools and learning management systems. ● Conduct a job analysis to identify skill development and workplace learning opportunities. ● Examine the audience profile for educational, professional, and performance objectives. ● Assemble lesson plans for online training sessions. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is intended for traditional educators, academics, corporate trainers, and instructional designers who wish to improve their knowledge of modern teaching techniques and give their audience a methodical and dynamic learning experience. The book is accessible to everybody, making no assumptions about the reader's past knowledge. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Understanding Instructional Design 2. Analyzing Learning Needs 3. Designing the Outline 4. Defining learning outcomes 5. Designing Instructional Material 6. Developing Instructional Material 7. Delivery Strategies 8. Assessment Strategies 9. Case Studies




Creating a Learning Object Design Model


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To deliver the focused and current training that rapidly changing business environments require some organizations are implementing a reusable learning object approach to instructional design. As well as using this approach to create new learning products organizations are also redesigning existing learning products into learning objects, in order to standardize those learning products and to create a large enough database of learning objects to enable reuse. Since existing instructional design (ID) models may not always meet the needs of learning object design projects this book describes a study that was undertaken to develop developed a model that learning designers can use to redesign existing content into objects. Intended for use by learning managers, designers, and developers, this model maintains the rigor provided by traditional instructional design models while ensuring that the focus remains on the learning design rather than the delivery technology. By ensuring that instructional design is the cornerstone of learning object development consistency can be created and maintained between assets and objects and in the structuring and presentation of content.







e-Learning by Design


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From William Horton -- a world renowned expert with more than thirty-five years of hands-on experience creating networked-based educational systems -- comes the next-step resource for e-learning training professionals. Like his best-selling book Designing Web-Based Training, this book is a comprehensive resource that provides practical guidance for making the thousand and one decisions needed to design effective e-learning. e-Learning by Design includes a systematic, flexible, and rapid design process covering every phase of designing e-learning. Free of academic jargon and confusing theory, this down-to-earth, hands-on book is filled with hundreds of real-world examples and case studies from dozens of fields. "Like the book's predecessor (Designing Web-based Training), it deserves four stars and is a must read for anyone not selling an expensive solution. -- From Training Media Review, by Jon Aleckson, www.tmreview.com, 2007




Online Education Using Learning Objects


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E-learning is becoming integral to on-site education in universities worldwide, and the rapid explosion of interest in the subject means that this timely, cutting edge book will be an instant and indispensable resource. Among educators, the development of reusable learning objects made accessible via the internet is ever more important to teaching and learning at university. This book takes a studied look at the current state of online education, presenting advice on the creation, adaption and implementation of learning objects and metadata. Including articles written by some of the leading innovators in the field, this book takes the reader through: * designing effective learning objects * creating learning objects * transforming existing content into resuable learning objects * building a metadata management system This book will be essential reference material for course developers at university, postgraduate students, teachers and learners in the field of e-learning.