| Days |
Topics |
Learning Objectives |
| Day 1 |
Welcome and Get Acquainted |
- Identify the key elements of an online course
- Develop a fundamental understanding of the nature of online learning
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| Day 2 |
Understanding the Online Learning Environment |
- Describe the differences between face-to-face and online learning environments
- Describe the characteristics of an effective online learning environment
- Identify those elements that will make a difference in your online course
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| Day 3 |
Mapping Out a Course
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- Explore issues to consider in developing an effective syllabus for an online course.
- Begin work on developing your own online syllabus
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| Day 4 |
Instructional Strategies for Online Learning
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- Understand how and describe the ways in which interactivity engages students online
- Select appropriate instructional strategies for your online course
- Learn to use asynchronous discussion boards to engage your students
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| Day 5 |
Synchronous Learning Activities |
- Learn how to interact with your students in real-time
- Understand strategies for effective use of synchronous chat tools
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Day 6
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Redesigning Learning Activities |
- Look at how to move from teaching traditional courses to teaching online
- Examine which strategies still work and which need to be redesigned
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Day 7
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Encouraging Critical Thinking |
- Identify the role of critical thinking in your online course
- Describe the online instructional strategies necessary for the development of sound Critical Thinking in your online course
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| Day 8 |
Interacting with your Students
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- Understand how and describe the ways in which interactivity engages students online
- Identify the available technology for effective online learning
- Describe your strategy for designing effective, interactive online learning materials
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Day 9
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Using and Reusing Multimedia |
- Identify ways in which multimedia can be used to enhance the learning environment
- Learn how to create multimedia content, as well as how to find and make fair use of multimedia content available online
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Day 10
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Revealing the Secrets of Facilitation |
- Identify the characteristics of a successful online instructor
- Identify and apply several of the practical tips and techniques in facilitating online learning
- Apply the techniques to create a learner-centered environment
- Enact the role of creating a supportive learning environment as an instructor
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| Day 11 |
New Opportunities and Best Practices |
- Learn to take advantage of new opportunities.
- Pick up and share best practices for teaching online
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| Day 12 |
Utilizing Groups |
- Describe the purpose(s) of learning in groups
- Identify the four stages of group activities and describe how they affect class performance
- Describe student and faculty roles and responsibilities in groups
- Identify strategies that prepare groups for success
- Describe why or why not you will use groups in your online course
- Describe how if you chose yes
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| Day 13 |
Managing the Online Classroom Effectively |
- Utilize the guidelines for effective management of an online environment
- List the tips for improving readability of messages
- Explain the roles of tone in the online learning environment
- Describe the consequences of inappropriate tone
- Apply appropriate tone in online classroom exchanges to avoid miscommunication
- Summarize the methods of setting effective tone when grading papers
- Identify the rules of netiquette (network etiquette) that can be applied to the online learning environment
- Discuss the online student's roles and responsibilities in the online environment
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| Day 14 |
Writing Effective Feedback |
- Describe the characteristics of effective feedback
- Compare and contrast different types of feedback
- Describe when, where, how and how often you will give feedback to your online students for a particular concept or module in your online course
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| Day 15 |
Evaluating/Assessing Students
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- Create an assessment rubric for a written assignment
- Create an alternative assessment for a concept or module in your online course
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