Emerging Instructional Design and Strategies for Online Courses

Introduction

Living in a digital age, people are surrounded by technology which changes and somehow continually shapes their lives from different aspects. Technological advancement never seems to slow down and is leading to massive changes in the era of education in terms of the ways that teaching and learning occur. Educational institutions need to rethink their roles and responsibilities according to the new and innovative instructional technologies in order to fulfil the premise of the digital era. Building a digital teaching-learning culture consists of many aspects that are necessary to ensure that university graduates are ready to join the 21st century workforce. At this point, the major aspect is the learner, who is at the center of a teaching and learning process, which relies upon instructional design and strategies to deliver the content. Hence, designing instruction for online courses, delivering that instruction effectively, and implementing innovative instructional strategies, methods and techniques based on emerging learning theories are of the utmost importance.