“How do I create an online course?” When
creating and preparing materials for
eLearning one has to decide which content
and skills
will be delivered online and those that
will be imparted in a traditional method. Which
instructional strategies will be employed?
What platform will be used to publish
the course materials?
Description
Participants
will be introduced to the fundamentals of
developing an online
course or lesson:
-
Working
with content: Analysis, editing, categorizing
and chunking
-
Creating,
designing and developing activities
-
Scaffolding
the learning experience
-
Techniques
for online communication
-
Tools
for online instruction
-
Assessment
and evaluation
-
Practical
approaches
to
developing online
courses
The
participants in this course will realize
that educators can take
several directions
when choosing the instructional
approach they wish to adopt in mapping
out
their online course. Decisions
regarding the use of strategies
such as developing appropriate
objectives, planning learning strategies
and
creating
appropriate assessment instruments
will be with the participants.
The participants will have an
opportunity to consider examples
of approaches
that have been used in online
courses, such as collaborative
tasks, role-playing, problem
based
learning and case study. Participants
will be provided
with materials and instruction
for the creation of a simple
online lesson
that incorporates
the following elements:
-
Introduction
-
Setting
the scene (Problem description)
-
Demonstration
and application of examples/non-examples
-
Testing
the problem
-
Solution
-
Conclusion
-
Providing
user support (glossaries, faqs,
job hints)
Students
will employ a web publishing tool such
as Trivantis
Lectora
or Apple iWeb to
create a sample lesson.
Outcomes
Upon conclusion of this
workshop participants
will be able
to:
-
Plan
and design an eLearning lesson
-
Prepare
and organize resources for their
online course
development project
-
Implement
basic storyboarding techniques
-
Create
a simple online lesson using the
Wizards and templates
or from scratch via the use
of
software such Lectora or iWeb
-
Embellish
the online lesson
with user support
capabilities
-
Import
text files,
images, audio,
video, animations
-
Publish/distribute
content in
HTML or
CD format
This
work is licenced under a Creative
Commons Licence.
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