TY - JOUR
T1 - Application and evaluation of the ecological psychology approach to instructional design (EPAID)
AU - Effken, Judith
AU - McEwen, Marylyn
AU - Vincent, Deborah
AU - Shea, Kimberly
AU - Garcia-Smith, Dianna
AU - Kang, Youngmi
AU - Young, Michael
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Teaching online can be particularly challenging when there is a need to immerse students located anywhere in the world in specific environmental contexts. We used the Ecological Psychology Approach to Instructional Design (EPAID) to design four courses in two concentration areas (Border Health, and Workforce and Healthcare Delivery Environments). In each case, we sought to provide students with a virtual first-hand understanding of contexts that they would not experience themselves. In this paper, we describe the major tenets of EPAID, the strategies we used to apply EPAID in the courses, and the results of our initial, formative evaluation.
AB - Teaching online can be particularly challenging when there is a need to immerse students located anywhere in the world in specific environmental contexts. We used the Ecological Psychology Approach to Instructional Design (EPAID) to design four courses in two concentration areas (Border Health, and Workforce and Healthcare Delivery Environments). In each case, we sought to provide students with a virtual first-hand understanding of contexts that they would not experience themselves. In this paper, we describe the major tenets of EPAID, the strategies we used to apply EPAID in the courses, and the results of our initial, formative evaluation.
KW - EPAID
KW - Ecological psychology
KW - Instructional design
KW - Instructional theory
KW - Online education
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856797888
SN - 1939-5256
VL - 13
SP - 41
EP - 56
JO - Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network
JF - Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network
IS - 4
ER -