An Instructional Design Framework for Fostering Student Engagement in Online Learning Environments

Many approaches, models and frameworks exist when designing quality online learning environments. These approaches assist and guide instructional designers through the process of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of instructional processes. Some of these frameworks are con...

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Published in:TechTrends 2016-11, Vol.60 (6), p.532-539
Main Authors: Czerkawski, Betul C., Lyman, Eugene W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Distance learning
Education
Educational Environment
Educational Strategies
Educational Technology
Electronic Learning
Higher education
Instructional Design
Learner Engagement
Learning and Instruction
Learning Motivation
Literature Reviews
Online Courses
Original Paper
Student Participation
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Many approaches, models and frameworks exist when designing quality online learning environments. These approaches assist and guide instructional designers through the process of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of instructional processes. Some of these frameworks are concerned with student participation, some with motivation and some with student success. All these variables affect active participation and engagement of the student to some degree but the main concern is how to design online instruction conducive to high level of engagement. Therefore, this paper presents an instructional design framework along with a set of strategies that could be used to foster learner engagement in online learning. This framework is result of an extensive literature review on student engagement and is aimed at summarizing the results in a cohesive way for online instructors. For e-learning design and development to be successful online designers and instructors need better approaches to increasing student engagement and its authors hope that proposed framework provides such an approach.
ISSN:8756-3894
1559-7075
DOI:10.1007/s11528-016-0110-z