Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In the era of technological advancements, adult educational landscape has a growing demand for flexible learning and structured instructional design.This thesis research is done on the topic of instructional design process of adult online learning platforms.The representatives of Five Finnish educational technology companies were interviewed to investigate their instructional design process applied to create an efficiently functioning educational platform for online adult learning.The ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) instructional design model was used as a theoretical framework of the research to explore the instructional design processes for contemporary online adult learning platforms.The aim of the research is to explore the learning effectiveness of the platforms, analyzing how each stage of instructional design process is performed by the companies.As the companies have various purposes and philosophies, the differences in the selected tools for their instructional design also presented important insights for the current research.The findings showed that the researched companies followed the cores stages of the ADDIE instructional design model to create and maintain their educational solutions, but they do not necessarily associate their instructional design process with the ADDIE model.It demonstrated the viability and universality of the ADDIE instructional design model for the purpose of creating online learning platforms for adults.Using the ADDIE model for online adult learning platforms provides a structured yet adaptable framework that blends theory with practicality that demonstrated a transition towards learner-centered education.
Author: Menshakova, Tatiana
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7133065096