Instructional Design for Distance Education 10 words or phrases

2) Select 10 words or phrases from the chapter that were significant to you related to “INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION”.  Write, in this section, each word/phrase with the definition, written in your own words, and post to your blog and webpage.

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1. Teaching at a distance requires planning and organizing.

2. Distance education is an important approach to responding to the growing pluralism of learners’ backgrounds, characteristics, or unusual learning needs that may require or benefit from specialized instruction.

3. How students approach learning is as important as how well they can function in the classroom.

4. Time constraints refer to the actual online time for delivery, which is limited and inflexible.

5. Orienting Context refers to the students’ reason for being in the course.

6. Instructional Context addresses the learning environment.

7. Threaded discussion is when instructors post questions related to readings, viewings, and/or listening to assignments, and then students can post their answer.

8. Taking the time to develop good visual will enhance the quality of all learning experiences.

9. When it comes to goals and objectives for instruction the challenge of education is to match the content of the subject to the needs of the learners.

10. During the planning process educators need to take the time and energy in creating good information for students.