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Designing Learning Activities and Instructional Systems

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In this chapter, the focus will be first on some general principles of learning activities design and then on principles to consider when designing instructional systems.

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Huang, R., Spector, J.M., Yang, J. (2019). Designing Learning Activities and Instructional Systems. In: Educational Technology. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6643-7_8

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