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ASSURE instructional design model for face-to-face and blended older-adult instruction

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Description

The ASSURE model is the instructional design framework the authors used to structure both workshop modalities. It presents "6 phases: Analyze learners, State objectives, Select instructional methods and materials, Utilize materials, Require learner response, and Evaluation and revision." The authors chose it because it "has the necessary characteristics to implement face-to-face and blended instruction" and can adapt course or lesson design systematically. They credit it with producing adequate structure, attractive text colors and images, quality materials, and clear instructions attentive to older adults' visual, cognitive and emotional characteristics.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Instructors must analyze learner characteristics, including visual deficiencies, cognitive and emotional abilities, before designing materials

Constraints

Target Learners

  • older adults aged 60 and above with little or no ICT knowledge

Learning Goals

  • digital literacy skills: use and knowledge of computers, the Internet, and daily life devices

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Martínez-Alcalá CI, Rosales-Lagarde A, Alonso-Lavernia MÁ, Ramírez-Salvador JÁ, Jiménez-Rodríguez B, Cepeda-Rebollar RM, López-Noguerola JS, Bautista-Díaz ML and Agis-Juárez RA (2018) Digital Inclusion in Older Adults: A Comparison Between Face-to-Face and Blended Digital Literacy Workshops. Front. ICT 5:21. https://doi.org/10.3389/fict.2018.00021
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title ASSURE instructional design model for face-to-face and blended older-adult instruction
description The ASSURE model is the instructional design framework the authors used to structure both workshop modalities.
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