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How to Make a Course Your Own:  Teaching Standardized Courses Susan S. Ko, PhD, Executive Director Center for Teaching and Learning,  University of Maryland University College Sloan ALN conference, October 29, 2009
Standardized  online course—conforming to a model for instruction, and utilizing identical content in all sections of a course with limited or no variation .  Defining Term
[object Object],[object Object],Further Defining
How many of you teach (or belong to an institution where instructors teach)a course that has some standardized elements? How many of you teach (or belong to an institution where instructors teach) a course that is predominantly standardized? Quick Survey
Negative Perceptions The “canned course”--  No fresh material, no input from teaching instructor, low quality, no flexibility, no opportunity to use one’s expertise, must conform to an implicit style or approach to teaching and learning
Institutional rationale? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Advantages for instructor ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Possible difficulties to overcome ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Course development with a team ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Credit: http://thegoldguys.blogspot.com
If faculty serving as SME ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
If you are instructional designer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
If didn’t help create the course… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
but are teaching it… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Questions? Contact me at  [email_address] More on this topic in forthcoming 3 rd  edition of Ko and Rossen,  Teaching Online: A Practical Guide from Routledge in March 2010

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How to Make a Course Your Own: Teaching Standardized Courses

  • 1. How to Make a Course Your Own: Teaching Standardized Courses Susan S. Ko, PhD, Executive Director Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland University College Sloan ALN conference, October 29, 2009
  • 2. Standardized online course—conforming to a model for instruction, and utilizing identical content in all sections of a course with limited or no variation . Defining Term
  • 3.
  • 4. How many of you teach (or belong to an institution where instructors teach)a course that has some standardized elements? How many of you teach (or belong to an institution where instructors teach) a course that is predominantly standardized? Quick Survey
  • 5. Negative Perceptions The “canned course”-- No fresh material, no input from teaching instructor, low quality, no flexibility, no opportunity to use one’s expertise, must conform to an implicit style or approach to teaching and learning
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14. Questions? Contact me at [email_address] More on this topic in forthcoming 3 rd edition of Ko and Rossen, Teaching Online: A Practical Guide from Routledge in March 2010