Requirements

Instructional Barriers - The Difference Between “Can” and “Do”

It is VERY important to note that the definitions of the four characteristics all include the word “can.” This is where design – conscious decisions focused on the desired results – becomes crucial. Digital media is not inherently versatile, transformable, marked up, or networked – it has the possibility of being so. Those possibilities are what have been missing before.

 

From “can” to “do”

So let's cross the bridge of possibilities ...

 

Versatility in Materials

Instead of providing your learners material in a printed format, which is static and will stay in that form until it degenerates, you can achieve versatility, transformability, etc. if you first provide the materials in a digital format. In addition to words, you can incorporate pictures, animations, or a video example. Now we have versatility.

 

This website has versatility.

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