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What do you believe?
The case of…
Key Drivers
Number of students
Number of instructors
Fidelity of information
Consistency of delivery
Shrinking
Budgets
Rising
Costs
Differences
among
Learners
Abundance
of
Technology
Why?
What?
Activities
Assignments
Assessments
Interactive Platform
How?
A Framework for
Developing an Online
Course
Who?
At your tables, generate a list
of individuals and/or skill sets
you want represented on an
online course design team.
Who?
•  Project manager(s)
•  Instructor(s) with content expertise
•  Online course design specialist
•  External faculty representative
•  Distance education/Admissions representative/
Learning Assistance Specialist
•  Student(s)
•  Administrative Assistance
First things first – put
these elements in
order
"   Evaluate Course
"   Beta Test Course with Students
"   Develop Goals and Objectives
"   Develop Learning Materials
"   Determine Needs of Learners
"   Utilize Results to Modify/Improve Course
"   Utilize Results to Modify/Improve Course
"   Deliver Course
First things first – put
these elements in
order
1.  Determine Needs of Learners
2.  Develop Goals and Objectives
3.  Develop Learning Materials
4.  Beta Test Course with Students
5.  Utilize Feedback to Modify Course
6.  Deliver Course
7.  Evaluate Course
8.  Utilize Results to Modify Course
Instructors
1. Social
Negotiator
1.
Newcomer
4.
Initiator/
Partner
2.
Cooperator
3.
Collaborator
Students
*Rita-Marie Conrad and J. Ana Donaldson
4.
Community
Member/
Challenger
2.
Structural
Engineer
3.
Facilitator
Phases of
Engagement*
1.
Boundary
Breaking;
Course
Orientation
4.
Learner-designer/
learner-led
presentations/
projects
Course
Design
2.
Dyads; Shared
Learning; Critical
Thinking;
Reflection
3.
Small
collaborative
groups; problemsolving; role-plays
1.
Boundary
Breaking;
Course
Orientation
4.
Learner-designer/
learner-led
presentations/
projects
Course
Design
2.
Dyads; Shared
Learning; Critical
Thinking;
Reflection
3.
Small
collaborative
groups; problemsolving; role-plays
What assignments
do you already
have around these
topics?
Timing of Phases of Engagement
Phase 1
Weeks 1-2
Phase 2
Weeks
3-4
Phase 3
Weeks
5-6
Phase 4
Weeks 7 – end
of semester
Online course
development is a
collaborative activity.
You are content
experts and do not
have to “know it all.”
Time and costs are
significant in the
beginning.
Students expect it.
QUESTIONS?
THOUGHTS?
OBSERVATIONS
Contact us:
Dr. Constance Relihan: [email protected]
Joni Webb Petschauer: [email protected]