Abstract

The main research purpose focused on investigating the instructional strategies to produce educational media systematically. The qualitative research methods were conducted by in-depth interviews with the experts and undergraduate students on effectively designing these instructional strategies. The participants consisted of two groups; 1) nine experts in the field of instructional strategies. 2) twelve undergraduate students. Research instruments were two semi-structured interviews with open questions; 1) two sets of interview questions designed for those specialists, and 2) the interview questions designed for an excellent student. Collected data was analyzed and categorized into key issues. The results were presented in descriptive analysis. The findings revealed as following: 1) two main popular instructional media types as follows; 1.1) digital media and 1.2) handmade media 2) the instructional strategies as follows: 2.1) ADDIE included analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. 2.2) 3P included pre-production, production, post-production 2.3) project-based learning 2.4) design-based learning, and 2.5) creative-based learning. 3) teaching techniques and methods encourage students such as case studies, best practices, creative practice, questions, discussion, brainstorming, team-based/group, etc. 4) organized activities to encourage students with active learning, creative knowledge, and instructional media systematically. 5) online tools and new technology could be active learning tools and motivate learners to create new media. Moreover, learning engagement, social media, and immediate feedback could engage students efficiently. 6) media evaluations should be evaluated on the design, production processes, and results. 7) the crucial factors consist of 1) instructional strategies/teaching techniques 2) teachers 3) students 5) materials, equipment, and supporting tools 6) learning environments 7) the work process. 8) the limitations are as follows; 1) teachers 2) students 3) time-limited 4) budget-limited.

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