CARROLL - Applying Learning Theories to Online Instructional Design

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B) Practical Application (Principles)

In applying Carroll’s Minimalist theory, Kearsley (1994d) recommends the following:

  1. Allow learners to start immediately on meaningful tasks.

  2. Minimize the amount of reading and other passive forms of training by allowing users to fill in the gaps themselves

  3. Include error recognition and recovery activities in the instruction

  4. Make all learning activities self-contained and independent of sequence.

© 1999 by Peter J. Patsula

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