"Tell me. Show me. Let me Try"

The cardinal rule for developing instruction or training materials is to design for the audience. But what if the audience is either unknown or diverse in learning styles? In this presentation, Dr. Garrett discusses ways to design instruction that focuses on the type of instruction desired: attitude, concepts, principle, or skill, but still allows the "end-user" to determine what form of instructional delivery is desired: text, audio, audiovisual, or guided practice.

  1. Brief Review of ID Theory as applied to Distance Education
    1. Levels of Instruction
    2. Types of Learning
    3. Importance of Learning
  2. Review Methods of Instructional Delivery with on-line Instruction
    1. Sequential
      1. Text
      2. Graphic
    2. User Choice
      1. Hypertext
      2. Additional Learning
    3. Discussion
  3. Review of the Learning Pyramid as applied to On-line Instruction
  4. Techniques for Interactive Instruction On-line
    1. Text based techniques
      1. Links with "thinking points"
      2. Discussion boards
      3. Practice components
    2. Media options
      1. Audio
        1. Tell me
        2. Sequenced with text
        3. With graphics (show me)
      2. Video (show me)
        1. Graphics
        2. Embedded
        3. On demand
      3. Guided practice
        1. Text
        2. Discussion
        3. Application
  5. Summary and Questions

Mary Garrett, Ph.D., CCP, Professor
Lansing Community College
PO Box 40010 - 3200 CIS
Lansing, Mi. 48901
517-483-1546
drmaryg@www.oocities.org