Using e-learning design patterns to augment learners' experiences

摘要

Designers of e-learning environments need to satisfy a wide range of learners' and teachers' requirements within severe time and resource constraints. Designing usable and pedagogically effective interactive environments in an efficient affordable way is a demanding task, which requires creativity and a significant amount of expertise. The design task needs to be based on past experience and proven best practices. Experiences involve a complex set of psychophysical processes: sensation, perception, apperception, cognition, affection, and sometimes conation (Conole, de Laat, Dillon, & Darby, 2006). Designers need to have vivid insights into the experiences of how learners use e-learning environments, if they want to successfully craft them to support and promote the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes.