Audio Content - Example
A web page may contain links to audio files for a course.
A dedicated online course might use such audio files...
Each week specific points about the topic covered within the syllabus could be highlighted with an audio presentation.
The audio files below present an overview to Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer's 4C/ID Instructional Design Model for Technical Training. After an overview is presented, the five theories that support the 4C/ID Model are presented, each as their own audio file. The vocabulary of this discipline is used, just as a faculty member would use the vocabulary of the discipline for their respective course.
The files are encoded via RealMedia.
Introduction (Click Here)
Note: the 56K links below are not a dail-up connection.
The 56K links below are a stream.
A CD or even a PSP disk may also be used for publishing
such audio files.
Audio files may also be published for other mobile
devices, such as for an ipod or a cell phone.
00. Overview of the 4C/ID Model [6:43]
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01. Transfer of Knowledge and [6:50]
Reflective Expertise
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02. Cognitive Load Theory [3:43]
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03. Component Fluency Hypothesis [4:47]
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04. Understanding Hypothesis [2:07]
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05. Develop a Learning Environment [2:08]
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06. Summary of Overview of the 4C/ID Model [4:09]
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Training complex cognitive skills: 4C/ID
van Merriënboer, Jereon J.G (1997)....
Blueprints for complex learning
van Merriënboer, Jereon, J.G. (2002)...
cognitive skills: A four-component instructional
design model for technical training. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Educational Technology Publications.
Van Merriënboer, J. J.G., Clark., R. E., & de Croock, M.
B.M., (2002).
Blueprints for complex learning: the
4C/ID-model. Educational
Technology Research and
Development 50(2), 39-64.
One company that specializes in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, uses a method that, in my opinion, incorporates much of van Merriënboer's method: (You may know parts of Britest's methods and tools as "System Engineering," or some other title.)
Note:
Audio files can be presented via a web page, such as this one, or via the Learning Management System, Blackboard. One advantage of using Blackboard is that students need a username and a password to access the material.
Also note that material that is presented via the web is not safe from download and distribution. While there is software that will prevent copying of electronic media, based on the various codecs, if a person really wants to "capture" and distribute files, pirating of content can occur. While the typical person may not concern oneself with some of these advanced methods, notice that these audio files via RealMedia can easily be copied and even shared with others via email.
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Thank you.
Michael Kennedy