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- Title: Designing Online and On-Ground Courses to Ensure Comparability and Consistency in Meeting Learning Outcomes (Report)
- Author : Quarterly Review of Distance Education
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 227 KB
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Research indicates traditional classroom courses are often retooled for the online learning environment (Koszalka & Ganesan, 2004) and this process often fails when the linear-designed instructional framework (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, & Zvacek, 2003) is followed. When professors are asked to design online courses using packaged course management systems (CMS), such as BlackBoard or eCollege, with little training on the features and how these features impact learning, the results produce courses that do not align well with learning outcomes. However, according to Koszalka and Bianco (2001) when instructional purposes are kept in mind and guidelines for the effective design of online courses are followed, the results are well-designed online courses that successfully engage learners and provide multiple opportunities for learning and interaction (as cited in Koszalka & Ganesan, 2004). Snelbacker, Miller, and Zheng (2005) suggest that while distance education does have unique characteristics, the well-defined research-based principles and guidelines for the design and development of traditional courses can be modified for use in e-learning environments. The question that then needs to be addressed for those concurrently designing online and on ground courses is, what are the guidelines for ensuring that learning outcomes are met in both delivery modes? PROBLEM AND PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH