Designing Technology Supported Learning Environments

1. Designs cannot be evaluated.

• True

• False

2. It is possible to identify all types of users and all of their relevant characteristics in a thorough needs assessment and requirements analysis process.

• True

• False

3. Because the perceptual appeal of a learning environment or instructional system will determine motivation and subsequent learner engagement, the emphasis in design should be on esthetics first and foremost.

• True

• False

4. Mastery learning is consistent with a design approach that focuses on students within two standard deviations of the mean score of students on a final test in a required prerequisite course.

• True

• False

5. Design is a balance of creativity and engineering.

• True

• False

6. A program of study specifying required and optional courses is a designed artifact.

• True

• False

7. An organization’s mission, vision, and values statements are designed artifacts.

• True

• False

8. An employee’s pay rate is a designed artifact.

• True

• False

9. A grading rubric is a designed artifact.

• True

• False

10. A student’s grade point average is a designed artifact.

• True

• False