This is an organized presentation on designing educational materials for online classes. ADDIE model is described here presenting the five phases with reference to the possible problems and prospects of virtual classes.

1. Speaker :
Firoz Akanda
Lecturer
Dept. of English, UITS

2.  1. Materials
 2. Recent Surveys
 3. Challenges
 4. ADDIE Model

4.  ‘’…….anything which is used by teachers or
learners to facilitate the learning.’’
Tomlinson,1998, p.2

6. These are some of the answers from student feedback.
Ted, 2020, P.13
“I fell asleep.”
“I was playing an online game.”
“I was watching TV.”
“I was chatting with friends on social media.”
“I haven’t seen the last three lectures.”

8. Online environment is a whole new experience
for many practitioners.
Educators need additional skills and beliefs in
order to teach in an online environment.
Materials and instructional process must differ
from those of a physical environment.

9.  Cuesta, L., (2019). The Design and Development
of Online Course Materials. ISSN 1657-0790.
Colombia. Pages 181-201

11. Why do the students need to
attend your class?
How is your class related to their
lives?
Does your design reflect
(i+1)formula?

13. Current level to advanced level
Very clear instructions
Blending of transactions & interactions
Breaking the lecture into small segments

14.  Research suggests students lose interest in
taking notes after 10-15 minutes.

15.  Engaging the learners in some small scale
activities.
Beginning
While
Learning
Post
learning
 Make frequent interactive discussion while
learning.

17.  Combining images with texts
 Using bullet lists, charts, different fonts
 Use of high contrast colors
 Use graphics/videos (if feasible)

18. Piloting
the
design
Doing
action
research
Collecting
the data

19. Analyzing
the data
Revising
the design

21.  http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=s
ci_arttext&pid=S1657-
07902010000100012#f_02
 https://www.universityworldnews.com/fullse
arch.php?mode=search&writer=Ted+Sun
 Cuesta, L., (2019). The Design and
Development of Online Course Materials. ISSN
1657-0790. Colombia. Pages 181-201