Who's in Control? Guidelines for e‐Learning Navigation
Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer · 2011
Learner control is implemented by navigational features such as menus, site maps, and links that allow learners to select the topics and instructional elements they prefer. Learners with higher prior knowledge can typically make good choices under conditions of high learner control. This chapter summarizes new research on adaptive control in which instructional elements are dynamically personalized based on learner performance during the lesson. Control over the content and pace of a lesson is a common feature of asynchronous e-learning. Most synchronous forms of e-learning operate in program control mode-also called instructional control. A review of research on learner versus program control concludes that learners with little prior knowledge of the subject as well as poor metacognitive skills are likely to do better with program control-especially in high-complexity courses. Controlled Vocabulary Terms e-Learning