Course Guide: OTL 502

This Course Guide is designed to provide you with the entire structure of the class on one page. Here, you will find a listing of all topics, all readings, and all deliverables, along with due dates and links to rubrics.

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MODULE 1: Technological Context plus Planning the Portfolio (2 weeks)
Topics	The Technological Context Part One--SCORM, Learning Objects, and 508 Compliance Getting the Basic Tools: HTML Editor, Graphics Program, & FTP program. Learning (if necessary) the basics of Mozilla Composer Setting Class Benchmarks and Individual Benchmark Critique Planning Your OTL 502 Portfolio. How To/Show Me: SHOW ME!: Download programs from the Web (requires Flash plugin) SHOW ME! Creating Site Folders First (requires Flash plugin) How To Create an Online Portfolio Part 1: Create Site folders How To Create an Online Portfolio Part 2: Building a Home Page (Using Text, Tables, Images, Color) How to Create an Online Portfolio Part 3: Create Additional Pages and Hyperlinks SHOW ME! The Portfolio's Basic Structure viewed in Mozilla (requires Flash plugin)
Readings	Required Readings: Ko and Rossen: "Teaching Online: An Overview." (pp. 2 - 17) Gillani:"Visual Design and E-Learning" (pp. 131-152) Suggested Web Perusings: The Section 508 Web site Learning Objects Tutorial (from EduWorks) Learning Objects Literature Review (David Wiley; Draft) Three Objections to Learning Objects (Friesen, 2003) Helen Barrett's ePortfolios Resource Site
Skills / Activities	By the end of module one, you should have: acquired an HTML editor, a Graphics editor, and an FTP Program learned the basics of using your HTML Editor created Web pages for your OTL 502 portfolio created a benchmark critique page and begun a development notes page

MODULE 2: Asynchronous Systems plus Web Site Skills (1 week)
Topics	Online Learning Platforms and the Asynchronous Environment Publishing Web site (portfolio) How To/Show Me: How To Create an Online Portfolio Part 4: Bottom Page Navigation and Information SHOW ME!: FTP to McDaniel student server
Readings	Required Readings: Gillani: "Text, Color, Images, and Icons" (p. 153-175) Required Web Perusings: EduTools: Online Learning Platforms Comparison of Online Learning Delivery Products
Skills / Deliverables	By the end of this module, you should have: learned how to FTP uploaded your home page, your benchmark critique, and your development notes (in progress) to your OTL 502 folder on student.mcdaniel.edu/~OTL502 and shared the link to it in the PORTFOLIOS CONFERENCE

MODULE 3: Web Graphics (1 week)
Topics	Editing Graphics with PhotoFiltre (SnapFiles Review & Download) About Alt tags How To/Show Me: How To: Make Screen Shots (crop and resize graphics) SHOW ME Tip! Clone Stamp Cindy's Mole image of Cindy Crawford, if you want to do this yourself.
Readings	Required Readings: Ko and Rossen: "Creating Courseware: When Low-Tech is High-Tech Enough" (pp. 135 - 165) study online tutorials as needed for graphics program you have chosen
Skills / Deliverables	By the end of this module, you should have: learned the basics of your graphics program uploaded learning activity/lesson/tutorial #1 (text and graphics) to your OTL 502 folder and shared the link in the PORTFOLIOS CONFERENCE made appropriate additions to your development notes

MODULE 4: Synchronous Systems and Other Learning Technologies (1 week)
Topics	Synchronous Systems in an Asynchronous environment Building Skills, planning presentations, working on projects Getting the Tools: Quicktime, iTunes, Goldwave, MAGpie (captioning software), Camtesia (30-day trial), etc.
Readings	Web Perusings : Skype on Wikipedia Adobe Acrobat Connect (formerly Breeze) Breeze Accessible PowerPoints: (Presentation - approx 4 min) National Center on Disab ility and Access to Education (NCDAE) Tips and Tools: Macromedia Breeze
Skills / Deliverables	By the end of this module, you should have: investigated a variety of synchronous learning technologies uploaded a collection of your best discussion posts taken from topics on SCORM, Learning Objects, 508 Compliance, and/or Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Systems to your OTL 502 folder made appropriate additions to your development notes

MODULE 5: Podcasting, Vodcasting, and Multimedia Presentations (2 weeks)
Topics	Podcasting and Vodcasting in eLearning Captioning for Compliance About iTunes About Camtasia A suggested strategy for podcasting How To: How to Podcast: Four Basic Steps by Jason Van Orden (2005) Camtasia Show Me Tutorials (Camtasia) Camtasia Learning Tutorials (TechSmith) Recording a Podcast by Jake Ludington
Readings	Required Readings / Web Perusings : Gillani: "Animation, Video, and Audio" (pp. 177-203) Captioning Streaming Media: Anticipating 508 Compliance Needs Eric C. Todd. Ohio State University
Skills / Deliverables	By the end of this module, you should have: learned the basics of podcasting and vodcasting uploaded learning activity/lesson/tutorial #2 to your OTL 502 folder and shared the link in the PORTFOLIOS CONFERENCE made appropriate additions to your development notes

MODULE 6: Evaluations and Accessibility Revisited (1 week)
Topics	Wrapping up the semester 508 Compliance analysis/study of eLearning activities (Discussion Board exercise)
Readings	Resources A-Prompt Project
Skills / Deliverables	By the end of this module, you should have: uploaded lesson/report using video or a how to report on using Wikis (or Blogs or Podcasting or Vodcasting) to your OTL 502 folder made appropriate additions to your development notes

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