Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health

This article presents an overview of the instructional models of Gagne, Briggs, and Wager (1992) and Laurillard (1993, 2002), followed by student evaluations from the first year of an online public health core curriculum. Both online courses and their evaluations were developed in accordance with th...

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Autores principales: Peggy Hannon, Karl E. Umble, Lorraine Alexander, Don Francisco, Allan Steckler, Gail Tudor, Vaugn Upshaw
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ce44463c29184c959e4441946de754812021-12-02T16:59:51ZGagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health10.19173/irrodl.v3i2.1051492-3831https://doaj.org/article/ce44463c29184c959e4441946de754812002-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/105https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This article presents an overview of the instructional models of Gagne, Briggs, and Wager (1992) and Laurillard (1993, 2002), followed by student evaluations from the first year of an online public health core curriculum. Both online courses and their evaluations were developed in accordance with the two models of instruction. The evaluations by students indicated that they perceived they had achieved the course objectives and were generally satisfied with the experience of taking the courses online. However, some students were dissatisfied with the feedback and learning guidance they received; these students’ comments supported Laurillard’s model of instruction. Discussion captured in this paper focuses on successes of the first year of the online curriculum, suggestions for solving problem areas, and the importance of the perceived relationship between teacher and student in the distance education environment.Peggy HannonKarl E. UmbleLorraine AlexanderDon FranciscoAllan StecklerGail TudorVaugn UpshawAthabasca University PressarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2002)
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Peggy Hannon
Karl E. Umble
Lorraine Alexander
Don Francisco
Allan Steckler
Gail Tudor
Vaugn Upshaw
Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health
description This article presents an overview of the instructional models of Gagne, Briggs, and Wager (1992) and Laurillard (1993, 2002), followed by student evaluations from the first year of an online public health core curriculum. Both online courses and their evaluations were developed in accordance with the two models of instruction. The evaluations by students indicated that they perceived they had achieved the course objectives and were generally satisfied with the experience of taking the courses online. However, some students were dissatisfied with the feedback and learning guidance they received; these students’ comments supported Laurillard’s model of instruction. Discussion captured in this paper focuses on successes of the first year of the online curriculum, suggestions for solving problem areas, and the importance of the perceived relationship between teacher and student in the distance education environment.
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author Peggy Hannon
Karl E. Umble
Lorraine Alexander
Don Francisco
Allan Steckler
Gail Tudor
Vaugn Upshaw
author_facet Peggy Hannon
Karl E. Umble
Lorraine Alexander
Don Francisco
Allan Steckler
Gail Tudor
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title Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health
title_short Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health
title_full Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health
title_fullStr Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health
title_full_unstemmed Gagne's and Laurillard's Models of Instruction Applied to Distance Education: A theoretically driven evaluation of an online curriculum in public health
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publisher Athabasca University Press
publishDate 2002
url https://doaj.org/article/ce44463c29184c959e4441946de75481
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