Assisting Students of Al-Quds Open University to Design Computerized Lessons According to ADDIE

Abstract

This Action research aimed at Assisting Students of Faculty of Educational Sciences  at Al-Quds Open University to design computerized  lessons using the Power Point software and according to ADDIE model. The study sample consisted of 40 students  who were taking a course titled Technology of Education during the second semester of the 2014-2015 academic year and three academic instructors . To collect the required date  , the researchers used  focus group technique and structured interviews to get information from the 40 students and the three academic instructors involved in the course Technology of Education in QOU /Nablus Branch. In addition to these methods, a workshop with a guiding checklist was employed to help students learn about computerized lessons and how to design them. The findings indicated that  empowering students with instructional design skills had a positive impact  on their skills in designing computerized teaching lessons which increased since the students were able to choose suitable texts, graphs, photos that fit the content of  the computerized lesson in accordance with the basics of instructional design  The research findings, moreover,  pointed out that the guiding checklist the researchers constructed  contributed to solving problems that face the students in designing computerized lessons.