E-learning Instructional Design Guidelines - Human Factors ...
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<strong>Instructional</strong> communications technology covers the nature and method of delivering<br />
both instructional media and interactions with the facilitator, and interaction with other<br />
students. The nature of the stimulus that is transmitted and received is characterised by<br />
the type (text, audio, video). As an example a video-conferencing suite could be used by<br />
an instructor to deliver a small lecture (where transmission of information might be<br />
emphasised), or it could be used to run a tutorial where student or facilitator interaction is<br />
more important.<br />
<strong>Instructional</strong> methods are descriptions of ways of teaching that are dependant on certain<br />
situations (for example small group size), or emphasise a particular instructional<br />
characteristic (for example student interaction). A tutorial may be described as an<br />
instructional method, however there are numerous ways of supporting a tutorial using<br />
technology – one could run a tutorial face to face, or via a video conference, or feasibly<br />
over the telephone. However, one could not support a tutorial through writing letters – the<br />
reason being that a tutorial to be effective demands synchronous group interaction which<br />
is unsupportable through writing letters (which is an asynchronous form of interaction)<br />
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