2.5 – Designing For Effective E-Learning

Teaching languages in online environments require we follow best practices supported by research. We are going to learn about some important e-learning design principles and then we’ll take a take a Jeopardy-style review quiz to self-assess our learning.

Activity Details

Due: before 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, June 20.

Read

Proven Guidelines for Designing Effective E-learning. (Links to an external site.) This STARTALK document describes eight guidelines we should follow when planning our e-learning experiences. 

View

This four-minute screencast describes how you will “play” this Jeopardy-style review game to self-assess your understanding of the eight e-learning guidelines. It also suggests ways you can use this free online tool in live online sessions with students.

Self-Assess

Take the Instant Jeopardy Review on E-Learning Principles (Links to an external site.)

Incorporate

While you should incorporate all of these guidelines in the planning of your online lessons, please select one guideline you will focus on in particular for your peer microteaching learning episode. Write down this guideline in the learning episode section of your lesson plan and describe how you will use it to maximize student learning of your authentic content.