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Designing Your Course Online
It appears normal but is it functional?
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Objectives
Recognize new ideas for online course design
Examine examples of design elements for online
Question your current design elements
Identify design principles for online content
With the ultimate – future objective of having you:
Design an engaging and successful online learning environment
Design Elements: Big Picture
Objectives
Design Elements: Objectives
•Mode of Presentation
•Variety of Activities
•Transitions
•Assessment
•Feedback
•Building Community
•Organization or Structure
Objectives
Help you…
•Revise
•Align
•Design
Help students…
•Navigate
•Develops a pattern
•Learn in incriminates
•Success is measurable and seen!
Objectives at work
In this unit you will:
•Understand the Hawaiian Cultural Values
•Understand how Process Pauahi exemplified these values in her life
•Integrate these values in your life
Understand the Hawaiian Cultural Values
1. Reading on Hawaii’s Reliance on the tourist industry
2. Video showing the impact of pollution on Waikiki’s beaches
3. Video demonstrating how Hawaiians embrace hospitality, compassion, humility, and generosity.
4. Article about the geological significance of Hawaii’s landscapes.
Understand the Hawaiian Cultural Values
1. Essay discussing the impact of values on the Hawaiin culture
2. Quiz identifying Hawaiian values
3. Discussion (or discussion board post) addressing how the cultural values have informed and shaped the Hawaiin culture
Design Strategies: The Theoretical
•Start from the “end”
•One size does not fit all
•Think interactivity not just delivery
•Chunk, chunk, chunk!
•This is NOT face to face
Design Strategies: The Practical
•Chunk into modules
•Do not clutter! (more is not better)
•Assignments should be self contained
•Use folders
•Consistent naming protocol
•Clear and easy topics and due dates
•Design contemporary
Organization & Structure
1. Clear
2. Short
3. Consistent
4. Easy
5. 7 + or – rule
6. Manage the clicks
7. Manage the downloads
Consistent Naming
What does it mean to chunk?Click icon to add picture
•Self contained units
•Beginning, middle, and end
•Content is parsed into pieces to make a whole
•Doesn’t matter how you chunk
•Provides structure
To Chunk or Not to Chunk?
To Chunk or Not to Chunk?
ClutterRemember the 7 + or – rule!If it flashes, moves, jumps, or scrolls…it does NOT add to your content – it distracts. (custom animations not included)
Tips & Tricks: Summary Chunk
Use names that are short and concise
Establish and use a repetitive name strategy
Choose words that clearly define what is what
When uploading documents – rename them
Due dates and content clues are essential in titles
Banners should be short…avoid scrolling to the essentials
Tips & Tricks: Summary Continued
Start with the end in mind
If it does not directly relate to your course work, don’t include it
Include a “Getting Started” section or “Orientation”
Use contemporary colors, fonts, and images
Foster Interaction
Require an introductory navigational activity to get familiar with your course
Most important!
When you are done…ask someone else to look at your course!
Example Courses Visit this website for a list of a few online course
examples: http://online-course-design.pbworks.com/Online-Course-Examples
Valuable Resources
Best Practices in Designing Online: La Positas College
Practical Real-World Tips for e-Learning Success blog
Georgia Southern U Online Course Design resource
Faculty Focus: 13 Strategies for Successful Web-based distance learning
Quality Matters (CTL has copies of full rubric)
Do not ask:
What do I have to teach?
Ask: What will you students have learned at the end? What will that look like?
You know what’s best!