Etivity 9-1

In Etivity 1.1, I said I was looking forward to this course to fill in the gaps and offer some new ideas. I also expressed a desire to create interactive and instructive learning material. I have not been disappointed. I have enjoyed the journey, learning about instructional design, learning styles as applied to online learning, motivation and many more tools which can be used to create learning material. Importantly much of the learning has been ‘practise what you preach’. It began with the virtual icebreaker on our blog, as suggested by Anderson (2004, p.36). We have been immersed in an interactive, collaborative learning with blogs, 2^nd life, problem solving tasks and synchronous chat. The benefits of all of these have been discussed in the learning material as important to include in online learning. As Conrad and Donaldson (2004, p.9) say, interaction is central in constructivism learning. We have not only read the theories but experienced them as well. I have certainly enjoyed the learning experience and look forward to using what I have learnt and practised in developing my own learning material.

Anderson T. 2004 Toward a theory of online learning in T. Anderson and F. Elloumi (eds) Theory and practice of online learning. Accessed 23 July 2013.

http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/index.html

Conrad, R. & Donaldson, J.A. 2004 Engaging the online learner: resources for creative instruction. Jossey-Bass. (online. Retrieved 22 July 2013)

http://eltandtech.pbworks.com/f/engaging+the+online+learner.pdf