In the process of open e-learning and communication, the design is essential. There is UDL guide very useful for Educators, course developers, researchers, parents, and anyone who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment . Universal learning design is based on scientific insights into human learning methods to improve and optimize teaching and learning framework for everyone. Learn more about the Universal Learning Design Framework from CAST. These guides provide a set of specific recommendations that can be applied to any subject or field to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful and challenging learning opportunities.

Generally, there are many different ways to design online courses that work in different environments, and there are many ways to design online courses that don’t work in other situations. If the design of the following courses can be realized, the quality of this course may also be improved.

  1. Spend time and resources to create a high-quality learning experience
  2. create courses that focus more on active participation and less on passive content consumption
  3.  shorten the course time in a simple and clear organization, and reduce the time and effort of watching and/or reading text each week

As a student, I very much hope that the courses will be of high quality, and the time of the courses will be shortened. I hope that the courses will talk about the most important knowledge points, rather than blindly repeating some knowledge points that everyone knows. I have taken two courses, and the teaching quality and efficiency of the two courses are different. Among them, the teaching design of a course meets the above three design conditions, and for students, the quality of learning is also improved. The other course did not emphasize the key points of knowledge. In my opinion, the design is lacking. It is a bit boring to repeat well-known knowledge all the time.

Communication

Speaking of clear communication, we should take a minute to highlight that clear communication is important for all aspects of education. Communication is a foundational element of educational theory (Warren & Wakefield, 2012); without clear communication, learners can feel confused and discouraged.

Types of Communication in Opened learning.

  1. Normative communication activities refer to activities that exchange knowledge gained through social negotiation over time, such as social norms or expectations for student activities.
  2.  For most educators, strategic communication behavior may be the most familiar educational communication behavior.
  3. The behavior of continuous communication is debate, debate and speech, so that learners can make claims and counterclaims.
  4. Dramatic communicative behavior refers to behavior that allows expression.

In the following study, I hope to improve the skills of designing open learning. It can help me not only during the student period,  but work period and learn more experience. It is also very useful in my future work. In learning to design courses or other open learning, I can know what type of communication and course design need to be used to target my audience.

 

Reference:

CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from http://udlguidelines.cast.org

CREATING ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCES  CHAPTER 5: EFFECTIVE PRACTICES. Retrieved from https://uta.pressbooks.pub/onlinelearning/chapter/chapter-5-effective-practices/