Templates and libraries of learning modules automate the task for novice authors. The Trend in the industry is to take the modularized approach a step further. For example, Academic Systems, the leading provider of interactive, multimedia instructional programs for college students, is licensing content from educators and instructors who can provide multimedia, discipline-specific course supplements for inclusion in the ActiveContent online library. This new licensing program and others like it leverage faculty knowledge of a particular discipline with Web-building expertise among colleagues throughout the country. Today's online learning technology is really about choice.
Instructors can combine online content and activities with other types of course delivery.
By Jacquelyn Barker Tulloch, Ed. D. Vice President for Academic Services, Academic Systems Corporation, and Former Executive Dean, Distance Education and College Services, Dallas County Community College District. All Rights Reserved.