OnlineEd 2024
Crafting the Online Learning Feast: Coordination, Ingredients, and Design
The renowned educational researcher Paul Kirschner has compared the work of teaching to that of a “three-star Michelin chef”. Such a chef, Kirchner explains, needs “a) tools, b) techniques and c) ingredients…” and must combine these in coordination with each other “in such a way that he or she is capable of creating a meal that’s healthy, delicious and looks good.”
Most would agree with Kirschner’s analogy. But what does this look like online? Often the task of delivering online learning is provided not only by one ‘chef’ but many – across multiple departments involving teachers, tutors, QA staff, IT, media specialists, and learning designers. How can lack of coordination cause problems for the learner? And how can the learner’s “meal” be better prepared?
This presentation will draw on ideas from the history of instructional systems design and design theories from architecture to understand how the online learning experience can be well – or badly –coordinated.
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