Ensuring quality in Distance Education: Development of instructional material in Microbiology under the Department for International Development (DfID) UK Project

Coomaraswamy, Uma

doi:10.4038/ouslj.v2i0.363

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“…The printed course material lacked the interactivity that was essential for distance learners and exhibited the characteristics of a correspondence course (Jayatilleke, Kulasekara, & Coomaraswamy, 2009). Subsequent to the training received through the 'Material Production and Desktop Publishing' component of the Department for International Development UK project 1995-1998(Weerasinghe, 1999, this course was extensively refined and transformed in 1997/98, incorporating advance organisers, learning outcomes (LOs), self-assessment activities/review questions, summaries, trilingual glossaries and also supplemented with audio-visual material (Coomaraswamy, 1999).…”

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Learner perceptions on instructional design of multimedia in learning abstract concepts in science at a distance

Kulasekara

Jayatilleke

Coomaraswamy³

2011

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning

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Learner perceptions on instructional design of multimedia in learning abstract concepts in science at a distance

Kulasekara

Jayatilleke

Coomaraswamy³

2011

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning

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Designing Interface for Interactive Multimedia: Learner Perceptions on the Design Features

Kulasekara¹,

Jayatilleke²,

Coomaraswamy³

2008

Asian Association of Open Universities Journal

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Interactive Multimedia (IMM) package has a greater potential of supporting individual differences of learners due to its inherent strength of media attributes. This study was carried out to explore the design features of IMM, which was specially designed to support the open and distant learners, studying Microbiology as a part of the B.Sc. Degree program, of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL), with the purpose of explaining the dynamic abstract concepts in Microbiology. When designing the IMM emphasis was placed on the design features, interface design in particular, in order to help the learners to achieve a meaningful learning experience. The purpose of this research paper is to explore learner perceptions of the design features of the IMM and, in developing a more user friendly, authentic instructional package. As such, quantitative and qualitative research methods were used by means of questionnaires, interviews and observations. Evaluation reveals many supportive and constructive outcomes, and suggests improvements in providing a better support for learners studying science subjects at a distance. In the context of the university using new technologies, especially for delivery, the results of this study would be a great asset.

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Ensuring quality in Distance Education: Development of instructional material in Microbiology under the Department for International Development (DfID) UK Project

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Learner perceptions on instructional design of multimedia in learning abstract concepts in science at a distance

Learner perceptions on instructional design of multimedia in learning abstract concepts in science at a distance

Designing Interface for Interactive Multimedia: Learner Perceptions on the Design Features

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