Design for e-Learning

Course aim

To give students an understanding of contemporary design considerations in the construction of effective web based learning experiences.

Course content

Learning to see and seeing to learn: the influences of cognitive development; basics of symbol recognition and alphabets; cognitive styles and visual learning; cognitive and visual aspects of interface design and navigation design; cognition and computers, symbolic constructions and knowledge representation; principles of learning through multimedia; visualising thinking; active diagrams, animations and simulations; role of active diagrams in class contexts and in individual learning; visualisation of complex information and large data sets; case studies in economics, finance, intelligence analysis and battle field systems; learning object models and active visualisation.

Textbook(s)

Clark, RC & Mayer, RE 2008, e-Learning and the science of instruction, Pfeiffer, San Francisco, CA.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External	130 hours x over 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Contributions to on line activities, Critique of eLearning Unit, eLearning Unit

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.