Title:	THE DESIGN OF INTERACTIVITY FOR A WEB-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
Author(s):	Riana Rheeder , Rabaitse Diseko , Geoffrey Lautenbach
ISBN:	978-972-8924-42-3
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen)
Year:	2007
Edition:	V I, 2
Keywords:	Interactivity; Instructional Design; Higher Education; E-learning: Pedagogy
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	495
Last Page:	501
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Interactivity has been the subject of much discussion and is considered one of the most essential and critical elements in education. As an increasing number of higher education institutions offer e-learning as a medium of instruction, instructional designers and educators face an ever-greater challenge to design e-learning environments that facilitate successful interactivity and which actively involve learners in the learning process, and enables them to reach the intended outcomes of a specific course. This paper reports on the design of interactivity for a particular e-learning environment at a higher education institution in South Africa. In particular, it focuses on aspects and principles that should be taken into consideration during the design of interactivity for e-learning environments, namely types of interaction, pedagogical principles that underpin interactivity, and communication technologies that promote interactivity.
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