Chapter 29 Content and Context

Content is the most important part of a potential resource. Without content you simply have a delivery method. It is important to recognize that content can be delivered in multiple ways. Each instructor and instructional designer has a role in providing input, making revisions, and designing a course of instruction for the content that would maximize the learning for the student.

Context is important to keep in mind when considering a resource. A learner's contextual understanding will influence how they receive the content so we must consider the following:

1) language, images, and scenarios should be examined to see if cultural references or understandings are understood or should be removed

2) references to external resources should be examined

3) provide links to resources and text

4) translation is an important to consider