New Generation Learning Materials for Distance Education Students

This R& D research study on Atomic Physics course was completed in three years period in Indonesian Open University which implements a distance learning system. This paper was written at the end of the first year research in relation to the new generation of learning materials which were developed by Borg and Gall (2007) and Dick and Cary (1993) which put in a set of 15 steps. This research took three years to complete with the first year being started with the completion of step 1 to 7 covering 1) Research and Information Collection, 2) Identify Instructional Goals, 3) Conduct Instructional Analysis, 4) Analyze Learners and Contexts, 5) Write Performance Objectives, 6) Develop Assessment Instrument, 7) Develop Instructional Strategy. Next, in the second year, the only step completed was Step 8 which was Learning Materials Development and in the third year the steps completed covered Step 9 to 14 covering validation testing and try-out completion. The last step, Step 15, which was Research Findings dissemination, was then completed afterwards.