The open choice model does not confine the student and
instructor to a fixed pedagogy. This resource-based approach offers a wide
variety of online tools to support content presentation, communication and
assessment. The instructional design may vary from unit-to-unit or by module.
In his way, the nature of the knowledge domain directs the teaching strategy.
The advantage of this system is the student-centred design. The learner makes
the choice of the various tools available. The downside is an over abundance
of choice. This may be intimidating to the novice to VLEs. The previous
models are more teacher-lead with fewer decisions to be made by the learner.
Pictured below are some of the online resources offered by WebCT. The PROS
project (http://www.pros.mdx.ac.uk ) has compiled a number of additional
online utilities. |
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