While going through the lesson, Course Delivery, I hadn't imagined there were so many factors involved. The phrase, “retention levels are positively correlated to the amount of mental effort” suggests that interactivity must be used to assess the student’s grasp of the lesson all throughout. Students should be using a major amount of mental effort while learning.
I now know that CMS stands for Course Management System. There are many components to a CMS that are essential for online learning. Features should be ease with which the student can navigate and find information quickly, should provide tutorials, assignments for practice, assessments to measure learning and supplementary materials such as glossaries, references and any other course materials.
On the teacher’s end, there are many questions and boundaries that should be understood such as roster manipulation, quiz and test extensions, etc. Each CMS would have its own set of structure.
