Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Instructional Design 11/14/07

First presentation : Distance Learning.

instruction and learning taking place via telecommunications



  • physical seperation

  • 2 way communication

informative presentation
practice with feedback
access to learning resources


Unique aspects


role of student, teacher and facilitatior
more monitoring of student progress
adaptation of instructional materials
copyright lenience (teacher act of 2002)



Endora the explorer.


Loved the Tie the Tie thing.


Sans Serif & Serif


letters with feet create a horizontal line, making it easier to read - letters without feet draw eyes vertically.


headers should be sans serif - keep it short


leading - spacing out the lines


This lettering thing is something I'm going to have to keep in mind for all the technology flyers I end up sending out.


Four main elements


nature of innovation



  • The Innovation : Relative Advantage - "what is in it for me? benefits v. costs, incremental v. preventative, incentives, mandates, status.

  • Compatibility - is it consistent with existing values, beliefs and experiences

  • Complexity - is it difficult to use

  • Triability - can it be experimented on in a limited basis?

  • Observability - are the results observable to others "How do others see me?"

Innovators : 2.5% - venturesome



  • gate keepers in adoption of new ideas/things

  • daring

  • risky

  • substantial financial resources

  • willing to accept a setback

  • often connected with other innovators

early adoptors (13.5%) : Respect



  • individual "to check with" before using a new idea

  • role models

  • respected

  • makes judicious decisions

  • conveys subjective evolutions to peers

early majority (34%) : deliberate



  • deliberates for some time

  • be not the first, nor the last.

late majority (34%) : skeptical



  • adopt by economic necessity

  • skeptical and cautious

  • motivated by pressure from peers

  • often have scarce resources

laggards (16%) : traditional



  • no opinion leadership

  • suspicious of innovations and change-agents

  • resistance is rational to them

  • must be certain the idea will not fail

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