Liz Glowa's List: Developing Online Courses

OTC, Managing Online Learning, Web 2.0

"How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources"

This Guide covers the essential things you need to know to develop online (web-based) learning courses.

"One must realize that no single method for assessment is considered ideal. Rather, several methods can be used within a single course to provide a summative evaluation of a student's knowledge, ability and participation. For example in the online classroom, where an facilitator is using threaded discussion to augment the learning process, the assessment method would involve more than administering a formatted exam. A facilitator will be evaluating a student's performance throughout the entire discussion process with attention toward the quality of interaction between the facilitator/student and student/student(s).

According to New Horizons for Learning's The Building Tool Room there are five (5) elements that characterize effective assessment of an e-learning experience:

* The assessment may be a continuing interaction between teacher/ student and student/student(s) and should ideally be part of the learning proces
* The assessment should be a real-world performance by a demonstration of the ability to apply knowledge in a real-life setting.
* The performance should be of relevance to the student and learning community.
* The goal or achievement target should be clearly articulated and communicated to the learner."

"This study describes learning style elements of secondary level online courses."

"Oddly enough, many instructional designers and curriculum developers overlook the use and value of the discussion thread over other social learning options. I provided some examples below:"

"Chapter 2 - Instructional Design Models for E-Learning"

"Instructional Design for Online Learning

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"Organizations have a need for effective training. Training designers have to be able to design effective eLearning to meet those needs. This is difficult because designing successful eLearning is part art and part science, involving the use of learning and training theory and an understanding of the knowledge and/or skills to be taught. The design also has to be completed within the constraints involved in all phases of the training design and implementation. Further complicating the process is the diversity of equipment, tools, and techniques involved. A final complication is the fact that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to the design of eLearning. Each course is unique. However, there is a general process whereby the designer balances the elements involved. If the designer does everything correctly, there is a greatly improved chance that the result will be effective eLearning."

Book review: Leaving ADDIE for SAM: will agile eLearning development become mainstream?

"Higher Education Best Practices - Teaching & Learning"

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Published Online: June 11, 2013
Published in Print: June 12, 2013, as Flipped PD: Building Blocks to Success

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"Start by designing learning programs that feel like engaging exploratory experiences instead of lock-me-in-a-box courses. Provide resources that get people what they need, when they need it. Your resources might include formal learning events, but also access to RSS feeds about specific topics, short videos that provide the essential information delivered by an expert, job aids, step-by-step guides and tools that help performance when it most counts — in the moment. You can provide gentle guidance to direct people in the right direction, or simply back off and let them investigate on their own."