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
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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
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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