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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:
Orientation to Design and Development (2 wks)

Topics
  • Getting Started
  • In Blackboard with Instructor Access
  • Selecting a Design/Development Process
  • ADDIE and Universal Design for Learning options
Readings

Required Readings:

Recommended Readings:

Web Site to Peruse

Deliverables/
Activities

Participation in Class Discussions and/or Activities as announced in the Discussion Board.

Examine and explore your faculty Blackboard accout

By the end of this module, you should have selected the Design and Development Process you intend to use and announce it in the D&D Discussion Board

MODULE 2:
Preparing Your Class (1 wk)

Topics
  • Course Converson
  • Creating an Effective Online Syllabus
  • Building an Online Classroom
  • Student Activities in the Online Environment
  • Creating Courseware: When Low-Tech is High-Tech Enough
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property
Readings

Required Readings:

  • Ko & Rossen. Part II: Putting the Course Together. (TO: pp. 35-178)
  • Bender. Course Design. (DBOT: pp. 37-44)
Deliverables

Participation in Class Discussions and/or Activities as announced in the Discussion Board.

Begin your Development Notes.

By the end of this module, you should have uploaded a Syllabus and/or a Read Me First file

MODULE 3:
Teaching Your Class (1 wk)

Topics
  • Preparing Students for Online Learning
  • Classroom Management: General Considerations
  • Classroom Management: Special Issues
  • Integrating Online Elements in a Traditional Classroom
Readings

Required Readings:

  • Ko & Rossen. Part III: Teaching in the Online Classroom. (TO: pp. 179-258)
  • Bender. Starting to Teach the Online Class. (DBOT: pp. 45-55)
  • Bender. Aspects of Online Communication. (DBOT: pp. 56-117)
  • Bender. Innovative Online Teaching Techniques. (DBOT: pp. 118-153)
Deliverables

Participation in Class Discussions and/or Activities as announced in the Discussion Board

Continue your Developent Notes.

You should be working on a Course Schedule (Course Guide) and be working on developing the content of at least one module.

MODULE 4: (1 wk)
Objectives and Assessments: Practical Strategies

Topics
  • Objectives, Rubrics, and Assessments for Online Learning, some practical strategies
Readings

Required Readings:

  • Bauer. Assessing Student Work from Chatrooms and Bulletin Boards. (ASOLC: pp.31-36)
  • Gray. Assessing Students' Written Projects. (ASOLC: pp.37-42)
  • Nicolay. Group Assessment in the On-Line Learning Environment. (ASOLC: pp.43-52)
  • Puckett and Anderson. Assessing Field Experiences. (ASOLC: pp.53-60)
  • Canada. Assessing E-Folios in the On-Line Class. (ASOLC: pp.69-76)
  • Online Readings on Creating Rubrics (TBA)
Deliverables

Participation in Class Discussions and/or Activities as announced in the Discussion Board.

Continue your Developent Notes.

First Draft of Online Class in Blackboard should be complete

MODULE 5:
Delivery (2 wks)

Topics
  • Each participant will "deliver" his or her online class in Blackboard to selected fellow classmates (as assigned)
Readings

Required Resource:

  • Quality Matters rubric Note: This is the last rubric Quality Matters made freely available. Despite having been developed through a FIPSE grant from the US Dept of Education, and despite making significant contributions to the education community for a number of years, they began, in 2007, restricting their materials to only those who join their organization.
Deliverables

Participation in Class Discussions and/or Activities as announced in the Discussion Board.

Continue your Developent Notes.

Participate as students in classmates Online Classes (as assigned)

MODULE 6:
Wrap-Up (1 wk)

Topics
  • What we did. How it worked. How we can do it better.
Readings

Required Readings:

  • none in this module
Deliverables

Participation in Class Discussions and/or Activities as announced in the Discussion Board

Continue your Developent Notes.

Revise class as necessary.

End of Module : 2nd Draft of Online class in Blackboard should be complete

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