Designing Learning Modules for Online Courses: The 5-WH Approach

Authors

  • Safary Wa-Mbaleka Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Abstract

More and more educators today are joining online teaching with little or no instructional design training. Challenges have been reported in in many regions around the world. In addition, time constraints present another challenge because of the many responsibilities that educators assume as regular faculty members. They need practical guidelines that can help them in designing their online courses, beginning with the module–the meaningful, self-contained, basic building block of the online course. This theoretical paper provides some practical guidelines for this purpose by applying the common 5-WH approach in designing a module for any online course. This approach helps the online educator to address the questions related to who, what, why, where, when, and how, expected from any complete online course module from a Christian perspective.

Author Biography

  • Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

    EdD
    Associate Professor, Education Department
    Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies
    Silang, Cavite, Philippines

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Published

2012-10-01

How to Cite

Designing Learning Modules for Online Courses: The 5-WH Approach. (2012). International Forum Journal, 15(2), 29-41. https://journals.aiias.edu/info/article/view/145

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