This session explains how an online cultural anthropology course was redesigned to use open content, the iterative design process used by the faculty teaching the course, and the successes and challenges of the process and course product created. Presented by lead designer and faculty, Dr. Lisa Marie Johnson.

1. Open Content and Iterative Design Lisa Marie Johnson, Ph.D. TCC 2011

2. Assessments Competencies Accessible Media Sustainable Content Organization

3. 2002- 2008 Gathering Resources Experimenting with use as Supplements 2009 Mapping / Assessments 2010-2011 Pilot & Revision 4 faculty, 20+ sections Planning

4. Barriers Accessibility Rich online media – not always transcripted or captioned Copyright Limited O’Neil permissions Articles in public domain OCW Images (Danee Voorhees, Wikicommons)

5. Pilot Student Reflections I would definitely recommend this course to a friend and non-friend because the course is well-organized, covers significant anthropological ground/the basics of cultural anthropology, and is composed of useful anthropological education activities. I thought this class was fantastic and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an online course that is both engaging and informative. I had a lot of fun learning with my classmates and found the discussions very intriguing; the questions were pertinent to our lives and the experiences and knowledge from the other students just made the assignments more substantive.

6. Pilot Student Reflections The discussion topics were interesting in that they required critical thinking relating to current events instead of just rote memorization from a text and because LM kept the class on track encouraging us to ask deeper questions while providing us with additional sources to consider. …actually make us THINK instead of just looking for answers within a book, or online. I feel that when I am pushed to deduce ideas on my own instead of just copying them from text is when I actually retain the information from a class!

7. Success Factors D2L Technology/Course Design Grade Comments (Dropbox, Grades) Quicklinking reminder Content Consistency in Module Organization Instructor Presence Supplemental Resources Videos Weekly News/Announcements Frequent Engagement Re-engaging questions

8. Questions? Lisa Marie Johnson, Ph.D. johnson.lisamarie@gmail.com @kuriousmind