{"id":278,"date":"2018-08-08T07:51:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/?p=278"},"modified":"2018-08-08T07:51:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:51:51","slug":"lrnt-527-unit-3-activity-1-the-test-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/lrnt-527-unit-3-activity-1-the-test-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"LRNT 527 &#8211; Unit 3 Activity 1 &#8211; The Test Phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">The framework our team used was a blend of both the LORI Model (Leacock &amp; Nesbit, 2007) and the conceptual framework outlined by Hadjerrouit (2010). Both of these models offered great elements to pull from that we felt relevant to evaluating digital learning resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">When considering aspects of learning theories, the presentation design and interactivity criteria seemed to encapsulate the most important aspects of effective digital learning resources in my opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">From what we know about the implications for online learning outlined by Ally (2008), most of the key aspects can be evaluated through the presentation design and the interactivity criteria. Some examples include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Behaviourist:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Sequencing should begin a simple moving to complex (Design)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Learners should be able to receive feedback from the resource (Interactivity)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Cognitivism:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Proper location of information on the screen and minimal overload of sensations (Design)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Critical information should be highlighted for focused attention (Design)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Learners should have the opportunity to complete assignments and use in real life contexts (Interactivity)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Constructivism:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Learners interpret and process information through senses to create knowledge (Design)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Learners should have control of the learning process and navigate the resource accordingly (Interactivity)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Ally, M. (2008).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aupress.ca\/books\/120146\/ebook\/01_Anderson_2008-Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_Learning.pdf\">Foundations of educational theory for online learning<\/a>. In T. Anderson (Ed.),\u00a0<em>The theory and practice of online learning\u00a0<\/em>(pp.15-44). Edmonton, AB: AU Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Hadjerrouit, S. (2010). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informingscience.org\/Publications\/1106?Source=%2FJournals%2FJITEResearch%2FArticles%3FVolume%3D9-2010\">A conceptual framework for using and evaluating web-based learning resources in school education<\/a>. <em>Journal of Information Technology Education, 9<\/em>, 53-79.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Leacock, T. L., &amp; Nesbit, J. C. (2007). <a href=\"https:\/\/search-proquest-com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca\/docview\/1287039862\/B4A9DB5C2A4E4169PQ\/8?accountid=8056\">A framework for evaluating the quality of multimedia learning resources<\/a>. <em>Educational Technology &amp; Society, 10<\/em>(2) 44-59.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The framework our team used was a blend of both the LORI Model (Leacock &amp; Nesbit, 2007) and the conceptual framework outlined by Hadjerrouit (2010). Both of these models offered great elements to pull from that we felt relevant to evaluating digital learning resources. When considering aspects of learning theories, the presentation design and interactivity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/lrnt-527-unit-3-activity-1-the-test-phase\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LRNT 527 &#8211; Unit 3 Activity 1 &#8211; The Test Phase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}