Designing for Distance Learning

 

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Self-paced online tutorials

Some online 'presentations' require no audio. Materials designed to explain procedural processes benefit from being entirely self-paced and free from a voice-over. Here, what originally started as a lecture on the binary and hexadecimal numbering systems has been expanded into a full online tutorial.

Although they started as PowerPoint presentations given to me by the Module Leader, you'll notice that the final materials are far from the usual bulleted lists of 'important points to note'. I've made every endeavour to redesign the instruction to be as interactive as possible, moving beyond text-based bullet lists and instead using animated walk-throughs and interactions that challenge and engage the learner.

 

Striking a balance between ‘push’ and ‘pull’ design approaches, explanations are followed by hands-on interactions that allow the learner to try out the concepts discussed. Quizzes are also used to reinforce knowledge acquisition with pass or fail conditional branching ensuring that learners only progress once they've successfully demonstrated that they're ready for the next section.

 
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