Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery

Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery Jason Rhode, Assistant Director Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center

Session Instructions…
Select a course that you currently teach or plan to teach face-to-face and you would like to develop online materials for

Session Objectives
Develop specific instructional objectives for your course
Select instructional activities that best facilitate learning outcomes
Identify existing course materials that can be immediately incorporated into the online learning environment
Incorporate basic instructional design model for redesigning course materials
View examples of online course materials and activities

Initial Question
What is the biggest challenge to redesigning existing course materials for online delivery?

Questions to Consider…
What are the instructional objectives for your course?
What materials have you already developed for your course?
How do students use your current materials?
How do your current materials address the instructional objectives?

A Few More Questions…
Why are you looking to redesign materials for online delivery?
Have you used Blackboard or any other course management system?
If yes, what tools within the CMS are you familiar with?

Media vs. Methods Media: - carriers of instructional methods (e.g. workbook, computer, video) Methods:
psychologically active ingredients of instruction
must facilitate cognitive processes of learners
(e.g. examples, practice)
(Clark, 2005)

Methods Linked to Cognitive Processes (Clark, 2005)

Instructional Design 101
Every instructor can benefit from a basic understanding of instructional design
The media doesn’t cause the learning, it’s the methods
How as an instructor can you make use of the available media to enhance or facilitate your instructional methods?
How can you leverage the online learning environment for your instruction?

Traditional ID Model: ADDIE Adapted from Dhal Anglada Evaluate Develop Implement Design Analyze Evaluate

IDEA: Pedagogy-Based Design © Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm Investigate Design/Develop Execute Appraise

IDEA: Investigate
Outcomes for the course
Needs of the students
Available development time
Capabilities of online medium
Purpose of the item or activity
© Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm Investigate

IDEA: Design/Development
Basic outline of activity or media (ie: rough draft)
Determine format most effective
Refine draft & create template
Create documents, media, or activities based on the template
© Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm Design/Development

IDEA: Execute
Deploy the materials
Provide detailed instructions for students
Be gracious the first time you employ new materials in your course
© Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm Execute

IDEA: Appraise
How effective are the course materials and activities you are using?
How can the materials be improved?
© Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm Appraise

Recommendations
Be realistic with your expectations for yourself and your students
Test a new media type for effectiveness before spending much time in development

Samples
http://www.niu.edu/facdev/programs/ handouts/redesigningcoursematerials.shtml

Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery

by Jason Rhode on Nov 18, 2008

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