References

Example Student Self-Assessments for Distance Education Courses

Is Distance Education For You? University of Florida
http://ics.ifas.ufl.edu/disted_survey/

Distance Education Self Diagnostic Questionnaire, University of Maryland University College http://nova.umuc.edu/~musavi/webtycho/SelfDiagnostic.html

Do I Want to Learn at a Distance? University of Maryland University College
http://www.distance-educator.com/portals/quiz.html

Are Distance-Learning Courses for Me? Center for Independent Learning
http://www.cod.edu/dept/CIL/CIL_Surv.htm

Other References

International Rice Research Institute, http://irri.org

Dick, W. & Cary, L. (1996). The systematic design of instruction. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Kemp, J. & Smellie, D. (1994). Planning, producing, and using instructional technologies, Seventh Edition. HarperCollins Publishers.

Thompson, A., Hargrave, C., & Simonson, M., 1996, Educational Technology: Review of the Research, Second Edition.

Glossary

Goal: A general statement of what the instructor hopes the course will achieve, perhaps expressed in terms of what will be presented to the learner.

Instructional design: The systematic and continuous application of learning principles and educational technology to develop the most effective and efficient learning experience for students.

Objective: A series of statements of what learners should be able to do as a result of having completed the course or course module.

Support Materials

Using Behavioral Taxonomies to Write Objectives

Instructional Design in Distance Education

Fixing Bad Instructional Design

Instructional Design Models

Dick and Carey Model

Kemp Model