1. 5 Keys to Course Structure
Adapted from Essentials of Online Course Design, M Vai, K Sosulski, chapter 10

2. 5 Keys to Course Structure
1. Variety of Learning Styles
2. Varied Presentation
3. Use Models, Charts, and Illustrations
4. Chunk Information
5. Variety of Multimedia

3. 5 Keys to Course Structure
Key # 1. Present new knowledge, skills, activities,
and assessments using a variety of materials which will engage
multiple learning styles
Visual Auditory Kinesthetic

4. 5 Keys to Course Structure
Key #2. The manner of presenting new knowledge and skills
is varied, including text, lists, organizational
activities, images, graphs, charts…ect.

5. 5 Keys to Course Structure
Key #3. Presentations include examples, models, case
studies, illustrations ect. for clarification..

6. 5 Keys to Course Structure
Key #4. Blocks of information are broken up or “chunked”
into incremental learning sections, segments or steps…

7. 5 Keys to Course Structure
Key #5. Courses include a variety of relevant multimedia to
support learning (e.g. audio, video, recommended
podcasts, illustrations, photographs, charts graphs.