Web-Based Learning

Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers is a professor in the Instructional Design and Development (IDD) program at the University of South Alabama. She serves as the Foundations Area Program Coordinator in her department, Counseling and Instructional Sciences. She developed two graduate certificate programs: Human Performance Improvement and Instructional Design and Development, and now advises master's and doctoral students about them. Being the first in her program to teach online course, she continues to design and teach both online and blended courses in the areas of instructional design and organizational performance improvement and change among others. Her publications and presentations focus on online and blended learning, instructional strategies and needs assessment.

Part I. Introduction to Online Learning, Communities and Instructional Design.- Chapter 1.Overview of Online Instruction and Learning Environments and Communities.- Chapter 2.Foundations of Online Learning and Instructional Design.- Part II. The WBID Model for Creating an Online Community of Learners.- Chapter 3.Analysis: Considering Outcomes, Context, and Learners.- Chapter 4. Analysis: Considering the Instructional Content for Online Instruction.- Chapter 5.Planning the Evaluation of Online Instruction.- Chapter 6. Concurrent Design: Preplanning and Design Tasks.- Chapter 7. Concurrent Design: Instructional and Motivational Strategy Planning.- Chapter 8.Concurrent Design: Putting Design Plans into Development Action.- Part III. Implementation and Evaluation of Online Instruction.- Chapter 9.Implementation: Establishing a Sense of Community.- Chapter 10. Conducting Summative Evaluation and Research: The Final Stage.