Utilizing a 5-Stage Learning Model for Planning and Teaching Online Courses
Since the 5Ds Model for Planning and Teaching Online Courses was republished for the second time in 2009 and updated in the years beyond, numerous relevant models and approaches for online teaching have been emerging. Also, the utilization of the internet as an instructional delivery medium for both formal education and training has been widened as the number of online learners of all kinds has been on the rise. This is all happening as the web-based and instructional technologies are constantly changing and new challenges and opportunities in the online learning arena are evolving. This chapter presents some summaries of the emerging online learning research, web-based instructional technologies, and identifies some of the opportunities in this online learning field.