Instructional Design for Online Learning
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Table of Contents for this Instructional Design for Online learning Page
General Instructional Design Resources
Accredited Online Schools and Colleges--Complete list of accredited online college degree programs and online degreesInspire Education--one of Australia’s leading Vocational Training Organizations
Instructional Technology--Though many design models exist, twelve authors impart their perspectives and address these design aspects as they impact their educational experiences. University of Houston
MastersInEducationOnline--provides helpful information on the challenges students and recent graduates face; challenges such as selecting a teaching specialty, understanding career options and outlooks, and finding a quality online master's program
Online Colleges--Search schools nationwide, find college scholarships and resources
Online Degree Programs by Directory of Schools--earn online degrees from accredited universities, colleges, academies and institutions
Online Search and Comparison Guidebook
OpenSesame--an e-learning marketplace
with over 23,000 learning courses (both free and paid)
Student Guide to Online Learning Success--comprehensive guide that provides simple, effective tips for being successful in the digital classroom.
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Assessment Strategies
Assessment in and of Collaborative Learning--Developed
and edited by the Washington Center's Evaluation Committee
Instruction & Assessment Portfolios--Portfolio
Overview
Online Resources for Assessment--Comprehensive list of assessment activities and strategies by RMC Research Corporation
Web-based Assessment--Two UK Initiatives
Color Deficiency--Color perception problems are more wide-spread than people think, and have more causes and variations, © 2001 Diane Wilson.
Color Blindness--This site is a good simulator of color blindness
Do's and Don'ts for Color Blind Design
Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
E-zine of the International Disability Exchanges and Studies (IDEAS) Project 2000-2004
Information on Learning Disabilities--learning disorders, attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dysnomia, speech disorder etc.
Instructional Design and Technology--Tools, Tips & Thoughts
Online Textbook--Collaborative Teaching: Special Education for Inclusive Classrooms © 2000-2001 Parrot Publishing, L.L.C.
WebAim--The Web Accessibility "How To" site
Designing of Online Activities
Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web
Case Studies in Instructional Technology and Design--Compelling multimedia instructional design cases on the web allow beginning and experienced developers to explore issues and practice in instructional design
Instructional Design and Technology--Tools, Tips & Thoughts
Lloyd's Gallery of Neat Stuff--Interactive simulations and games related to understanding instructional
technology
Make Online Puzzles as engaging activities for learning concepts, maps and processes
Merriam-Webster Online--Language center where you can look up words, play word games and add a free word-search to your website
Quia - Where learning takes you--Create your own educational activities on the Internet. Play activities in various topics that others have created
UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology--Provides information about using the web to design and deliver interactive online courses
Evaluating Products and Developing an Overall Strategy for technology-based course development and management
Checklists of Checkpoints--for Web Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Evaluating Website Content--information teaching kids how to evaluate whether a website is good or not
Jakob Nielson's bi-weekly column on Web usability
Menu--This site gives you 8 steps of checking information on a website
Software & Courseware Design & Evaluation--ACE publications
Web Tool for Comparative Analysis--This site is designed to help educators evaluate and select online delivery software
Fabulous Freebies
Building Free Online Communities
and host free online chat rooms
CommSy
is a free WWW-based system supporting communication within communities
Corel Photos--It's their largest Freebies update ever: clipart, photos, brushes and image lists.
Over 60 files in all
Daily Updates on Distance Education
Educational
Freeware--contains some of the best educational freeware on the web
Find Fabulous Photos--for your website - free downloads
Free Online Seminars--about online learning
Free Scripting--to make your web page more dynamic and interesting
Guidelines for Searching the Internet for Sources--including the use of engines and directories, formulating search terms and using Boolean logic
Web Conferencing--collaboration and online meetings
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Facilitation Skills / Teaching Strategies
Strategies for Teachers--One Computer Classroom
Seven Principles of Effective Teaching--A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses
Tips and Strategies--from Peak Learning Systems' resources, such as Motivation & Learning, Teaching Tips, and Teaching Treasures
International Conferences
Conferences Relevant to Distance Education and Development--especially on communication, culture and distance education in Africa
Information & Research Support Education Conferences--Information on the Web General Information | World Wide Web Conferences Conferences run or sponsored by Charles Strut University
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Index of Learning Styles--Solomon/Felder online questionnaire
Links to Learning Styles--temperament sorters and surveys
New Students - New Learning Styles--Longitudinal study by Charles Schroeder
Collection of Academic Publications--describing developments in courseware management systems, techniques for
developing computer assisted learning materials
Collaborative Courseware Development--for the Analysis and Design of Software Systems
Educational Courseware--Instructional Design Links to Learning
Higher Education Links--Resources and courseware in Engineering and Technology
Instructional Design and Technology--Tools,
Tips & Thoughts
Managing the Digital Enterprise--is an "open courseware" project that was begun in 1998
Showcase Site--Courseware Course Development Managing Course Content Solutions Teaching
Research Learning Instructional Tech Web Page Design Digital Video
Study Guides--for testing, reading, writing, and participation - available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Luganda,
Turkish, Russian, German, French, and Italian
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New Paradigms and Research in Instructional Technology
Cyber Guys--This
site is for wireless mouse for PowerPoint presentations
Design-Research for the Indiana University Bloomington World Wide--Report on goals, needs analysis, rapid prototyping, usability testing, and revisions of the IU Bloomington web information structure Instructional Systems Technology
Concurrent Instructional Design--How to Produce Online Courses Using a Lean Team Approach
Tech Education--This site
shows research about technology in education
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Publications and Forums
Educational Telematics Discussion List: subscribe at telematics@groupcare.com
Index for Ed Tech Site--Top Ten Lists Must Read New Books for Instructional Design and Technology / Seminal Papers / BookTalk / Cafe / eNews
Free E-Books on Online Education--Online Quizzes / FREE Distant Education Newsletter
ITFORUM--A listserv for the Instructional Technology Community with monthly article
discussions
MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching--a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in
higher education
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A Beginner’s Guide to FREE-mium SEO Friendly Website Design
Blackboard e-learning Platform.
Books--on drafting and Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Blackboard e-learning Platform.
Books--on drafting and Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Lexia--Designed with a mature interface, Reading S.O.S. starts with basic first grade reading skills and works up to advanced decoding and comprehension
Macromedia--Dreamweaver, Flash & Fireworks
Programmer's Corner
serves those interested in Programming and Writing. We cover many programming
languages, including Visual Basic, Power Builder, C/C++, as well as Web Design,
Graphic Design, Help Authoring, Kiosks, and Distance Learning
Quest Multimedia Authoring Tool--the Designer's Edge, the Manager's Edge-training delivery and management tool,
and custom courseware solutions
Respondus: the leading developer of third-party testing and assessment tools for the WebCT™ and Blackboard® e-Learning platforms
Virtual Mechanics IMS Web Engine--Software Dynamic HTML authoring software for the design of web pages, games,
interactive animation, business presentations and educational courseware
Visio--free trial software for drawing geometric shapes
WebCT--Web Course Tools for Educators - also join to share in the teaching community
This page is maintained by Mandi Axmann, Instructional Designer, RAU University, South Africa http://www.rau.ac.za
© Bernie Poole, Mandi Axmann, Yvonne Singer, 1996-2021, All rights reserved / poole@pitt.edu, ysinger@worldnet.att.net Revised February 17, 2021