How do eLearning Courses Work?
The courses used by the Office of Literacy combine a variety of instructional elements to create either traditional self-directed online courses or blended learning courses. Blended courses include online learning modules, instructor-led classroom events, peer-to-peer interactions through online discussion boards and building-level meetings. These elements offer participants multiple experiences with the content as well as opportunities for community building at the site level. How are eLearning Courses Customized? The Office of Literacy works in conjunction with its contractor, eRead Ohio, which offers a menu of online modules that can be customized to fit a school’s or district’s needs. An eLearning course can be composed of all or some of the instructional elements and module facilitators can determine course sequence and length. The most successful eLearning courses are those that are developed based on school or district needs as determined by available data. For example, data may
