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Authors:
Michal Kuciapski
Keywords: rapid instructional design; e-learning; higher education; project management; course development; quality management
Abstract:
The development and implementation of interactive e-learning courses is highly time-consuming and expensive. A question, therefore, arises whether it is possible to develop an e-learning program at a high level without incurring significant financial resources and the need to create a project team consisting of a wide range of specialists. In this respect, Rapid Instructional Design (RID) might have a useful role to play in that it focuses on a reduction of the cost and time involved in developing e-learning courses, while ensuring a reasonable level of quality. The purpose of this article is to present an adaptation of the concept of RID for proposing and verifying a practical approach to the implementation of e-learning. The article starts with an analysis of the problem of how to create an e-learning course with limited time, financial and human resources. Then, the article continues with a critical analysis of the RID concept. The third section of the article outlines an approach to the management of e-learning projects based on RID, taking into consideration the problems faced when developing e-learning courses. The fourth and fifth sections present the methodology and verification results of the developed approach which answer the question considered during the research - does the integration of the concept of Rapid Instructional Design support the efficient realization of e-learning projects? The last section of the article contains a critical discussion of the possible applications of the adapted concept of RID in various types of projects, based on the research of its implementation in two e-learning projects.
Pages: 119 to 124
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015
Publication date: October 11, 2015
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4529
ISBN: 978-1-61208-432-9
Location: St. Julians, Malta
Dates: from October 11, 2015 to October 16, 2015