Abstract: 

Within the context of higher education, behavior analysts have made substantial contributions to the development of effective instructional techniques. These techniques typically involve frequent opportunities for active responding, individualized feedback, breaking material into small units, and the management of consequences to promote learning. Although many of these strategies were developed prior to the advent of online education, they can be applied in this environment. This presentation will describe behavior-analytic instructional techniques including interteaching and personalized systems of instruction, with a focus on how to carry out these techniques in an online instructional setting. Best practices, derived from the existing research literature, will be described.

Learning objectives:

1. Define behavioral instruction.

2. Explain the research support for behavioral instruction techniques.

3. Describe how to use behavioral instruction techniques to promote online learning.