Designing Online Learning with Flash

Chapter 3. Presentation

Guiding Questions

• What are the primary variables involved in designing a presentation sequence?

• What are the presentation modality, sequence, and type options?

• What are the primary instructional strategies available for presenting content?

• Why is it important to present to the learner information on learning domains?

• Should you use a direct or a discovery-based general strategy?

• How can you focus the learner's attention on the task?

• How can you maximize the learner's limited cognitive resources?

• How can you assist the learner in integrating new information with his or her long-term memory structure?

Chapter Overview

Learners primarily encounter content through presentations. A presentation should provide the learner with clear, unambiguous ...