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Improving Online Interactive Modules: An Iterative Design Model

Authors:
Vanessa Slinger-Friedman
Lynn M. Patterson

Keywords: iterative design process; student focus group; interactive online modules; cognitive learning; human geography

Abstract:
With the promotion of online and interactive learning, instructors may be tempted to include arbitrarily the latest technologies into their modules without considering the ramifications on students and their learning processes. Instead, we propose that online and interactive modules should be carefully designed using multiple levels of review to ensure clarity of instruction, ease of use of interactive components, and engagement of the students with the material and any related activities. This paper documents the process to design and improve an online module using an iterative process involving instructional designers, student pilot tests, and a focus group. Feedback from these constituents enabled instructors to optimize instructional design to maximize learning opportunities and achievement in online environments.

Pages: 137 to 146

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2013. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2013

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2660