Instructional Technologies for Elearning

"Instructional Technologies for Online Learning’ is the second unit of study for the teaching online workshop and follows the first module on ‘Effective Teaching and Learning’. Unit 2 builds on the foundation laid in the previous module and leads faculty through the process of selecting goals and determining how technology will promote the achievement of these outcomes.


The first activity involves looking at a collection of examples of online learning found on the University of Maryland's Teaching and Learning Resources website. Faculty try to find an instructional strategy or technology they are interested in using in order to determine how they might apply it in their particular context.

Subsequently, faculty begin to apply the procedures for designing instruction. They are required to think about what activities students will be engaged in and what role the instructor will assume (see unit 2 template). These decisions are guided by the examination of best teaching practices which was the focus of unit 1. The selection of the instructional technology will incorporate the knowledge they have gained in the second unit about how these tools engage students in different levels of processing information. In addition, faculty identify factors which may influence the selection of technology (i.e. student access to technology, experiences, locations) as well as any questions they have regarding the instructional technology they have selected. At this stage each learner’s design template is peer reviewed to afford them an opportunity to reflect on the feedback of a colleague and to make revisions before they proceed to subsequent units in which they continue to further develop the plan for their instructional technology.

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