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Topics/ eLearning pedagogical approaches/ Learning design/ Developing an eLearning program:

/ Purpose/ Target group/ Outcomes/ Available resources/ Designing the content, delivery strategies and sequence/ Assessment strategies/ People available

/ Example/ Activity 1/ Activity 2

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Pedagogical approaches

/ Learning has moved for the theories of behaviourism to constructivism and connectivism

/ Facilitating the learning experience/ Learning by doing

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Learning design/ Most important aspect/ Need to design learning experiences that:

Target groupContentUse of technologyBlended approachResources

/Journal of Learning Design /Constructivist Learning Design

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Learning design/ Sequence of collaborative of learning activities/ Can incorporate single learner content, but also

collaborative tasks such as discussion, voting, small group debate, etc

/ Can be stored, re-used, customised

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Examples/ Co-authoring / Problem solving / Research / Community building / Conversation / Knowledge sharing / Mentoring / Peer review / Reflection / Resource making / Resource sharing

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Designing an eLearning program/ Purpose/ Target group/ Outcomes/ Available resources/ Designing the content, delivery strategies and

sequence/ Assessment strategies/ People available

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Activity 1

/ Working in groups outine different learning styles and how this might affect how you develop a program

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ExampleYou have been approached to deliver the Certificate IV in Robot Making to industries across Australia in a flexible online format. You will be delivering to students in the Sydney area, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. There is also the potential to deliver this course overseas.

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Analysing the target audience/ age range: 20-45 years/ gender mix: 75% male, 35% female/ cultural backgrounds: varied, 30 % English is their second language/ ability/disability: not significant/ access to technology: users of technology i.e. computers and PDAs in

the workshop/ educational experience: Most have HSC / related work experience: many new to the industry/ full or part time study: part time/ employment status: mainly employed fulltime/ language, literacy and numeracy levels: moderate level/ technology literacy: very good

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Developing your program

/ Analyse the content of the program/ Develop assessment tools./ Scope available resources/ Chunk into relevant sequence (adhering to

Training Package requirements) and choose appropriate technologies.

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Chunking and planning

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Chunking and planning

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Activity 2You are a teacher and you have a group of students who are 15 years old. They are not very motivated and are not interested in learning about energy conservation.

Working in groups design a eLearning program designed to motivate and engage them

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Summary/ eLearning pedagogical approaches/ Learning design/ Developing an eLearning program:

/ Purpose/ Target group/ Outcomes/ Available resources/ Designing the content, delivery strategies and sequence/ Assessment strategies/ People available

/ Example/ Activity 1/ Activity 2