Title: How To Create & Teach An Online Course - Educational Technology
Headings: How To Create & Teach An Online Course
How To Create & Teach An Online Course
What are the steps in developing an online course?
First Step: Designing and Planning
Second Step: Building
Third Step: Teaching
Ready to Go?
Tools
Videoconferencing:
Lecture capture / Screencasting / Video Editing
Online Collaboration Tools
Presentation
Testing / Grading

Content: Undergrad? How many students? Identify and define learning objectives
Good vs. Bad Learning Objectives
Writing Measurable Learning Objectives
Writing Objectives Using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Create a consistent, weekly course structure
You may use storyboards to organize your course
Best Practices for Developing Content Modules and Module Pages
A typical course structure consists of: Module 1
Overview
Lecture
Powerpoint slides, Readings, video lectures etc. Assignments
Resources
Discussions
Task
Module 1 Quiz
Module 2…..
Develop your syllabus
An online course syllabus should include: Course information
Required materials, like textbooks etc
Course objectives
Instructor information like contact info etc
Course policies (grading etc)
Also your syllabus should include weekly schedule: Lesson 1/Module 1/Week 1
Readings
Presentations
Assignments
Discussions
Quiz
A Typical Course Overview
Assessments & Assignments: Align learning objectives to course activities and assessments
Aligning Assessments to SLOs
Formative and summative assessments
Rubrics
Assessments
Writing Multiple Choice Test Questions
Test Construction Manual
Plan your online lectures
Copyright and accessibility standards
Second Step: Building
Produce the course content
Organize your lectures
Create engaging content and activities
You can use open source and free public resources for educational content to find content
Record your lectures
Lecture capture tools
Optimal Video Length for Student Engagement
How to Look Good on a Webcam
Powerpoint
Copyright issues ? Link out
Fair use
If needed, request permission
Accessibility?