An Effective E-Learning Course – Design Elements for An Instructional Strategy

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"Learning Managers are needed to understand their specific learning problems and corresponding requirement so that they select right vendor company to develop and deliver the most effective e-learning solution." reports Shaik Abdul Wahab, EduNirvana Training Solutions.

 

Learning or Instructional Strategy is not something which can be demanded or instructed to learning developer to adopt; it is devised based on certain elements or parameters. In this discussion we will be analyzing only design related parameters. The other parameters are commercials, development tool, delivery platform technology etc.

The design based parameters to decide learning or instructional strategy are:

• Learner – All about learner profile; academic, cultural, personal etc. all which can affect his/her learning abilities
• Objectives – Enabling objectives; specific abilities to be developed after course completion
• Content – Type of content; process, procedures, principles, facts or concepts

The above elements are the three pillars for an Instructional Designer to decide about course instructional strategy.

Among these three, Learner and Objectives are defined by learning problem; you won’t get much room to change or modify them. Content is a depended variable, you can chunk or modify it in-accordance with the Learner profile and the Objectives.

Let’s Understand Objectives and Learner in brief:

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Source: Elearning Solutions India (Blog)