Robert Gagne, an instructional theorist, surmised that there was a nine-step process for creating good instruction. In his book The Conditions of Learning first published in 1965, Gagne outlined the Nine Events of Instruction. These nine events are widely used as a foundation upon which to structure an online course.

 

Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
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Take a look at how we applied the structure of Gagne’s Nine Events for the online training course Suicide Awareness and Acquisition of Reading, developed for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF).

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