Networked Collaborative Learning

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The instructional design dimension

Despite the proliferation of instructional design models, several elements are common to most of them. These common elements are defining objectives, determining content (and the sequence and structure of the content), determining the instructional strategies and methods for presenting the material, and developing the curriculum. Most models include evaluation and feedback at some stage in the process. The major discrepancy in the numerous models is in the method or approach to design. (Hoffman and Margerum-Leys, 2005)

So far we have examined the role that social interaction plays in the educational sustainability of TEL, explored the defining characteristics of NCL and investigated the development of ...