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Principles of OFL
- Key definitions: online, distance, open, flexible, e-learning, blended
- The dimensions of flexible learning: http://verso.co.nz/docs/dims.html
- Chickering and Gamson's 7 principles: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm
- E-learning Guidelines: http://elg.massey.ac.nz/index.php?title=E-Learning_Guidelines
- E-learning Primer: http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/project/eprimer-series/resources/files/e-learning-context-1-eprimer-series
- Effective practice for e-learning: http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/effective-practice-elearning
- Distance and Flexible Learning: http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/ako-aotearoa/ako-aotearoa/resources/pages/ako-aotearoa%E2%80%99s-resource-centre-guide-about-distance-and-fl
Developing effective learning packages
- Evaluating materials
- Print-based examples
- Online examples: http://amby.com/educate/math/1-2_area.html
- The characteristics of effective packages
- Types of instructional text
- Tutorial-in-print
- Reflective action guide
- Design models: http://www.nkk.org.nz/kete3.php?id=95
- Text vs instructional text: eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking
- Examples of online resources: http://www.merlot.org
Interaction
OFL resources and media
- Media types and characteristics
- Advantages and disadvantages of media types
- Applications and trends
Issues and strategies
- Social issues: eg http://www.monthlyreview.org/0302noble.htm
- Cultural issues
- Intellectual property issues
- Training and development issues: eg Case study 2
- Workload issues:
- Assessment issues
Learner support and guidance
- The learner experience: Case study 2
- Types of learner support
- Support on request
- Embedded support
- Support systems
Tools for communication and delivery
- Blogs
- eg: http://www.verso.co.nz
- hosting: http://wordpress.com
- Wikis
- Moodle tools
- The read-write matrix
- Synchronous communication
- Social
- Feeds and widgets
- Miscellaneous
