: This course introduces the major models, tools, and techniques for creating and delivering online learning. It reviews the fundamentals of general learning theory and how it can be applied in practice to online design and instruction.
The National Institute of Online Learning (NIOL), founded in 2012, seeks to improve the quality and effectiveness of online learning, especially for adult learners, by promoting best practices and innovation in the field.
: This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.
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Lesson 1
Modules 1
Lesson 1-25
• Video: Online Learning
• How We Learn
• Learning and Course Design
• Learning Objectives and Assessing Learner Performance
• Bloom’s Taxonomy and Learning
• Video: Measuring Success
• Assessment and Online Learning
• Objectives and Cognitive Load
• Learning and Interactivity
• Blended Learning
• Narrative, Adaptive, and Peer Learning
• Video: Teaching Adults
• Whole-Part-Whole(WPW) Learning
• Exercise: Whole Part Whole Learning
• Instructional Scaffolding
• Exercise: Instructional Scaffolding
• Learning Through Worked Example
• The 5E Learning Model
• Variety in Online Learning
• Video and Online Learning
• Vocabulary Game
• Flashcards
• GameShow
• Summary of Key Course Concepts
• Final Self-Assessment
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