The Effectiveness of Campus-wide e-Learning Supports Designed by an Extended ARCS Model

Abstract

This paper describes the effectiveness of the Instructional Design (ID) based activities aimed to assist faculty to utilize e-learning by e-learning support staff. We propose the ARCS+AT Model as an extension of the ARCS Model by J. M. Keller, as a framework for creating campus-wide support to motivate faculty to utilize e-learning. Based on the proposed model, we developed and formatively evaluated the ARCS+AT checklist for promoting e-learning at universities, which was made available on the ARCS+AT website with an exemplifying e-learning course of “Information Literacy.” The checklist provides opportunities to learn what should be improved regarding institutional e-learning support. The course is designed to allow faculty to start e-learning with minimal preparation. Eight from the university faculty have adopted e-learning in their courses; we report their feedbacks to show how they were assisted to become e-learning users through the experience gained from these ID based activities.