The first step in developing an instructional strategy is deciding upon learning components.  

There are several principles and theories that are useful to consider when determining learning components.

Let's briefly take look over a few of them.

• Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
• Davidson-Shiver and Rasmussen's Framework

Additionally, read the Horton (2006) text on turning objectives into learning objects and activities. Note how accomplishing certain objectives require distinct types of activities- absorb, do, and connect. Also, ensure that you read about the concept of reusable learning objects (RLO). See Activity 4.7 for additional information.

 

 

Think About It Activity 4.7

A Reusable Learning Object is a type of online instruction that provides a digital educational resource that can be reused, scaled and shared from a central online repository in the support of instruction and learning. Each RLO supports a single learning objective, which is streamlined into a digital library of RLOs. They vary in size, scope and level of granularity ranging from small chunks of instruction to a series of combined resources to provide a more complex learning experience.

Take a virtual field trip to the following web sites to learn about and view Reusable Learning Objects (RLO). Reflect upon the pros and cons of using RLOs; discuss the pros and cons with you team members. Also, talk to your team members about how you may use RLOs for your ISD project. Note that sometimes links break. If you find this to be the case below, you can always Google "Reusable Learning Objects (RLO)" and find numerous recourses. If this is a topic in which you would like to further explore, you can find a plethora of books on the topic (e.g. Creating a Reusable Learning Objects Strategy: Leveraging Information and Learning in a Knowledge Economy; Reusing Online Resources: A Sustainable Approach to E-learning (The Open and Flexible Learning Series); Learning Objects for Instruction: Design and Evaluation)

Links:

• The RLO-CETL is the Centre for Excellence for the design, development and use of learning objects. The site is sponsored by London Metropolitan University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham. Access the site at: http://www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk/
• Web and Instructional Technology Services reusable learning object site is sponsored by St. Petersburg College. Access the site at: http://it.spcollege.edu:8500/edtech/instructorResources/RLO/
• Blackboard has a reusable objects. Access the tutorial at: http://www.blackboard.com/quicktutorials/reusable_objects.htm