Conceptual Frameworks for Designing Digital Learning

Abstract

Introduction Instructors and/or instructional designers embarking on creating courses or programs employing information and communication technologies (ICTs) can inform and guide their designs by using a conceptual framework. Such design frameworks are vital for ensuring efficient and effective use of digital resources and technologies in any contemporary digital learning “ecology.” Seven conceptual frameworks are described below. Included is a classification of the variety of underlying philosophical positions, as defined by Feenberg (1999), ranging from determinism to instrumentalism to substantivism. TS - CrossRef