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Creating Learning Materials for Open and Distance Learning: A Handbook for Authors and Instructional Designers
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This handbook has been written for anyone who plans and writes learning materials for use in
open and distance learning (ODL). Anyone who is interested in producing better ODL materials
will find something of value in this handbook, but the three main target audiences are:
• teachers
• instructional designers
• writers.
ODL materials are sometimes prepared by individuals, but more often by small teams made up
of people with skills such as curriculum design, instructional design, tutorial support and print or
web design skills. This handbook focuses on the instructional design part of the process, although
some of the other aspects are dealt with in part.
There are four principal ways in which learning materials are produced:
• by an instructional designer who is the content-provider and the writer;
• by an instructional designer who commissions freelance content-providers to write the
materials;
• by an instructional designer who converts text provided by a teacher; or
• by a team of people, including content-providers, instructional designers and specialists such
as audio and video producers.
For simplicity, this handbook addresses primarily the first approach – that in which a single writer
is both content-provider and instructional designer. If, however, you are an in-house instructional
designer who is commissioning content and expertise from others, then you will need to pass on
the advice in this handbook to them. In these circumstances, you are likely to be the only person
who specialises in instructional design and you will need to guide the other specialists in applying
best practice in instructional design.
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2005
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)