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

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

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?

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?

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?

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)

psychologically active ingredients of instruction

must facilitate cognitive processes of learners

(e.g. examples, practice)

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?

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

Outcomes for the course

Needs of the students

Available development time

Capabilities of online medium

Purpose of the item or activity

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

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

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

Deploy the materials

Provide detailed instructions for students

Be gracious the first time you employ new materials in your course

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

How effective are the course materials and activities you are using?

How can the materials be improved?

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

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

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