Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery

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1. Slide 1: Redesigning Materials for Online Delivery Northern Illinois University Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center www.facdev.niu.edu
2. Slide 2: Session Presenter Jason Rhode Assistant Director Faculty Development & Instructional Design Center
3. Slide 3: 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
4. Slide 4: 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
5. Slide 5: 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?
6. Slide 6: 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?
7. Slide 7: 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)
8. Slide 8: Methods Linked to Cognitive Processes (Clark, 2005)
9. Slide 9: 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?
10. Slide 10: Traditional ID Model Analyze Implement Evaluate Design Develop Adapted from Dhal Anglada
11. Slide 11: IDEA: Pedagogy-Based Design Design/Develop Investigate Execute Appraise © Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm
12. Slide 12: 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
13. Slide 13: 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
14. Slide 14: 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
15. Slide 15: IDEA: Appraise • How effective are the course materials and activities you are using? • How can the materials be improved? © Mary Samardzija and Carol Scheidenhelm
16. Slide 16: Recommendations • Be realistic with your expectations for yourself and your students • Test a new media type for effectiveness before spending much time in development
17. Slide 17: Sample Online Media • Course Information – Syllabi – Schedules & Rubrics – Instructional Presentations • Course Documents – Instructional Presentations – Learning Objects For examples, see: http://www.niu.edu/facdev/programs/handouts/redesigningcoursematerials.shtml