The document discusses designing and managing online courses. It addresses instructional problems, outcomes and objectives, strategies, and delivery. For each topic, it poses questions for discussion and activity around identifying learning objectives, assessing outcomes, reducing isolation, and choosing appropriate instructional technologies and strategies to develop the desired learning culture.

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Designing and Managing
Online Courses
What type of learning culture do you want to
design, develop and manage?
Nicholas Yates / nicholas.yates@zu.ac.ae / @digitalemerge
Instructional Problems
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Why is an online course the answer? How do you know?
What evidence do you have of the purpose and rationale for the online
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Are there other solutions that may be a solution?
How will you know you will are on the right track during the course?

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Instructional Outcomes / Objectives
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How could you use SMART or Bloom’s Taxonomy to write your learning
outcomes and objectives?
How will you assess these learning outcomes?
What types of activities do you want in your online course and what are the
verbs that would reflect these learning objectives?

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Instructional Strategies
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What type of instructional strategies would you use in a face-to-face class? Is
there transference to an online class?
Picture your ideal online learning activity in your mind. How do you design and
facilitate it?
What types of pedagogy will reduce the isolation felt by students in online
courses?

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Instructional Delivery
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What types of technology could be used for online courses?
What are some of the technology affordances within online courses?
What types of technology will reduce the isolation felt by students in online
courses?
What would you need to do before you decide upon the instructional
technology used to deliver your course?

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What type of learning culture do you want to design, develop and
manage?
Nicholas Yates
Instructional Designer
Zayed University
Center for Educational Innovation & Office of Graduate Studies
Apple Distinguished Educator (Class of 2013)
Apple Education Trainer
nicholas.yates@zu.ac.ae
@digitalemerge