Tag - 5 Ts

Interactivity & The 5 Ts that Make it Fail

6th January 2009
Collaborative Learning, Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Groupwork, Instructional Design, Interactive CD-ROMs, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills
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Ian Forsyth (Teaching & Learning Materials & The Internet, 3rd edition,  p. 135) defines interactivity as

emulating the traditional classroom

He lists the 5 Ts that cause interactivity to fail on the Internet (pp. 19 -23)

  • time
  • technology timid
  • territoriality on topics
  • training
  • truss – an infrastructure requirement