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Instructional design is difficult enough in a traditional classroom, but teaching in an online environment adds another level to this process. In order to avoid disengagement and alienation of the participants special consideration must be given to the social presence along with the delivery of the content material. Rovai et al (2005) have found that online students tend to feel a weaker sense of connectedness and belonging than their face-to-face counterparts in an on-campus experience. They have suggested the following considerations to increase connectedness of online students:
With delivery of online material there are several other principles that need to be considered about how content is presented. Mayer (2008) present the Multimedia principle (see the image below) of learning that suggests that learning is best done through the careful combination of both words and pictures. Words can be spoken or written and the pictures can be static or moving. Having the content delivered in such a fashion will allow it to be integrated by verbal and pictorial centres in the working memory. Integrating both of these centres is the best way to connect to prior knowledge and determine useful meaning in what is being taught. With this in mind it is important to make sure that the content not only look pretty, but be pretty useful as well. References Mayer, R. E. (2008). Applying the Science of Learning: Evidence-Based Principles for the Design of Multimedia Instruction. American Psychologist, 63(8), 760–769. Retrieved from http://login.library.sheridanc.on.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ824550&site=ehost-live&scope=site Rovai, A. P., Wighting, M. J., & Liu, J. (2005). School Climate: Sense of Classroom and School Communities in Online and On-Campus Higher Education Courses. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 6(4), 361–374. Retrieved from http://login.library.sheridanc.on.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ875016&site=ehost-live&scope=site
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