Learning Module

I just want to share what I felt of the learning module. Firstly, it is not an easy task to prepare a learning module for DE learning as we have to bear in mind so many factors and constraints compared to face to face learning. When we ( Suganthi & Me) first showed our first draft to Dr. Tee, there were many things practically we were not able to see . When Dr. Tee asked us the 'Why' questions , we were like Dr. Tee has a point, 'why didn't we see that earlier' or 'yes student might not understand this'. Dr. Tee's comment was an eyeopener to me in many ways.

Perhaps, when we were doing our module we were basically thinking of how we would do it with our students in classroom( face to face) and using that expereince to create the module. As Dr. Tee said when you are doing the module think of the instructional strategy and not based on your instinct. However, another constraint we have is the technology itself, as we are still grooping with new advanced technology . It will be like we had decided to assess the student in a specific way but not sure if such technology is available, so we resort to the ones that we know for sure. I guess in this sense it is of advantage for those who has a good background of the technology .

Anyway, so far we have done nearly 10 times of changes and drafts. In fact after seeing the presentation of some groups this week. we again saw teeny-weeny things which we could improvise. It is really an uphill task but not an impossible one if we have the time.I really have my hats off for those creating programmes for distance education learners.