This document discusses five key components of instructional design for distance education: humanizing, participation, message delivery, feedback, and evaluation. It provides an overview of why each component is important and suggests techniques for implementing them. Humanizing is about creating rapport and focusing on individuals. Participation increases learning through interaction. Message delivery involves organizing content into clear, varied segments. Feedback and evaluation are vital for communicating understanding and motivating learners. The document advocates designing distance education around these five components to maximize engagement and learning outcomes.

1. Instructional Design for Distance Education

2. Objectives Create dynamic sessions using five design components Adapt traditional formats Analyze what works, what doesn’t Plan a lesson

3. Teletechniques : The Five Basic Design Components Participation Humanizing Feedback Delivery Evaluation

4. The process of creating an atmosphere which focuses on the importance of the individual and overcomes distance by generating group rapport. Humanizing

5. Humanizing Gives the “first impression” Allows everyone to get acquainted Shows genuine concern for individual Learners may have different expectations Why is it important?

6. Humanizing Welcome letter Feature sites, students Gather data about learners, sites Recognize special occasions SMILE! Use music or sound effects Visit sites Suggested Humanizing Techniques

7. Participation The process of getting beyond the technology by providing opportunities for spontaneous interaction between participants.

8. Participation Increases learning Affects creativity Influences opinion change Should happen within first 5 minutes Can be physical or mental activity Is vital in distance learning Why is it important?

9. Participation Directed or planted questions Reports & assignments Role-playing & skits Games & competitions Self-test to start & end sessions Pre-class and post class sessions Debates, pro & con discussions Suggested Participation Techniques

10. Presenting what’s to be said in such a way that it will be received, understood and remembered. Message Delivery

11. Message Delivery We think faster than we listen. Concentrated listening should be presented in “short bits.” Variety helps maintain interest. Previewing helps engage learners. Repetition reinforces key points. Media should guide learners & reinforce verbal message. Why is it important?

12. Message Delivery Gain attention (video, personal story, show stopper) Advance organizers (syllabus, course outline) Verbal cues: (“Now this is important ...”) Print & media support Suggested Delivery Techniques

13. More Suggestions Short segments (10-15 minutes long) Vary pacing Team teach for variety of voices & styles Use instructional videos & multimedia

14. Feedback Tells the learner “the degree of correctness” with respect to understanding content.

15. Feedback Reinforces learners Provides opportunity to correct misunderstandings or add omissions Improves effectiveness Gauges learner progress Why is it important?

16. Feedback Must be timely Positive feedback more useful Should be specific Maintain confidentiality Conditions for Effective Feedback

17. Feedback Acknowledge learner responses Help learners to form correct responses Use check points in materials Evaluate performance Have learners self-evaluate Suggested Feedback Techniques

18. Evaluation Taking the pulse of learners.

19. Evaluation Answers questions like: Interesting or boring? Comprehensive? Omissions? Why is it important?

20. Evaluation Verbal group feedback Ask about the value of information Use group questions View tapes Written and electronic evaluation forms Ask others for their opinions Suggested Evaluation Techniques

21. Humanizing Summary: Is directly related to satisfaction. Provides for needed social conventions. Sets expectations.

22. Participation Summary: Increases learning. Can be “doing” or “thinking.” Taps the full capabilities of technology.

23. Message Delivery Summary: Needs to be well-organized. Should provide variety through pacing, support media, activities. Should be in short segments.

24. Feedback & Evaluation Summary: Important in communicating, learning and motivating Should be part of every session Can be verbal, nonverbal, written, electronic Comes from ourselves or others