1. Basics of e-learning
Introduction to Instructional Design
Stijn Van Laer
Mariet Vriens
Bas Bergervoet

2. Objectives
Student
Characteristics
Learning
Activities
Learning
Environment
Evaluation
Support
Teaching Methods
Contents
Materials
By whom
Context
ICT
and
the
learning
environment

3. A TYPOLOGY OF ICT TOOLS FOR
EDUCATION?

4. Tools according to teaching methods
Type of activities Tools
Instruction
Activities where the teacher
transfers his/her expertise to
the students, who are mainly
listening.
- Lecture
- Demonstration
- Audio/video-recordings
- Screencasting
- Webcolleges
- Videocommunication
Interaction
Activitities where the teacher
interacts/communicates with
the students or where students
communicate with each other.
- Brainstorm
- Discussion
- Debate
- Role play
- Mindmapping
- Forum
- Weblog
- Edugames
- Virtual worlds
- Videocommunication
Collaboration
Activities intended to let
students reach certain learning
objectives together (learning
with and from each other).
- Making a project together,
researching together,
testing together
- Virtual classrooms (video
or webconferencing)
- Digital grouppages
- Social software: wiki, social
bookmarking, social
networking, etc.
- ePortfolio

5. Typology
based on the
use of tools

6. Our framework today…
Tools to support and facilitate:
• Knowledge transfer / information
• Interaction
• Collaboration
• Reflection
• Feedback and assessment
Combination of tools: learning platforms

7. Knowledge transfer / information
ONLINE
• Digital information online
– Help center
• Weblectures
– Complete lectures
– “Power clips”
– Demonstration (Skills Lab)
• Educational video: AVLM session October 15th 2012
• Screencasts: AVLM session October 17th 2012
IN THE CLASSROOM
• Use of smartboards or WACOM tablets (in Dutch)
→ The teacher as expert, the learner consumes

8. Interaction
ONLINE
• Chat
• Email
• Discussion forums
• Web or video conference
– AVLM session October 24th 2012
• Social media
 Integrated on learning platform?
IN THE CLASSROOM
• Automatic response systems
– AVLM Session November 19th 2012
→ student – teacher
student - student

9. Collaboration
→ Learning with and from each other while
working towards a joint end product
• Document sharing (google docs)
• Cloud computing (dropbox)
• Wiki
• KU Leuven example: Japanese-
Dutch Dictionary

10. Reflection
• e-portfolio
• Blogging
– KU Leuven examples:
• Computer Science
• Architecture

11. Feedback / assessment
• Automated feedback for questions
– Edumatic / Jurimatic
• Automated adaptive learning paths
– Authoring tools
• Online exams
• Oral exams at-a-distance
– Video conference / Web conference
• e-portfolio, blogs,…

12. Learning platforms
• KU Leuven: Toledo (Blackboard based)
• Moodle
• Ning

13. OUR FRAMEWORK AND THE AVLM
PROGRAMME

14. Objectives
Student
Characteristics
Learning
Activities
Learning
Environment
Evaluation
Support
Teaching Methods
Contents
Materials
By whom
Context
Radio / Video
production
Website
development
Digital
Learning
Material
Presentation
Techniques
Student
Response
Systems

15. PROGRAM FOR TODAY

16. • Finalizing group exercise
• Lunch break
• Presentation outcome group exercises
• Break
• Individual exercise
• Evaluation