5 Keys to Course StructureAdapted from Essentials of Online Course Design, M Vai, K Sosulski, chapter 10

1. Variety of Learning Styles

2. Varied Presentation

3. Use Models, Charts, and Illustrations

4. Chunk Information

5. Variety of Multimedia

5 Keys to Course Structure

5 Keys to Course Structure

Key # 1. Present new knowledge, skills, activities, and assessments using a variety of materials which will engage

multiple learning styles

Visual Auditory Kinesthetic

5 Keys to Course Structure

Key #2. The manner of presenting new knowledge and skills is varied, including text, lists, organizational

activities, images, graphs, charts…ect.

5 Keys to Course Structure

Key #3. Presentations include examples, models, case studies, illustrations ect. for clarification..

Key #4. Blocks of information are broken up or “chunked” into incremental learning sections, segments or steps…

5 Keys to Course Structure

Key #5. Courses include a variety of relevant multimedia to support learning (e.g. audio, video, recommended podcasts,

illustrations, photographs, charts graphs.

5 Keys to Course Structure