What Makes a Good Online Course?

1. Good Design vs. Bad Design

2. KEY FACTORS FOR A
GOOD ONLINE COURSE
 Getting Started
• Welcome
• Good objectives and instructions
 Assignments
• Clear, well written
 Video
• PlayPosit w/captions, clear
questions tied to video
• Good content with a clear purpose
 Rubric
• Explicitly represents the
performance expectations
 Forums
• Discussion boards
 Assessment
• use the internet and digital tools to
plan, share, and curate learning.

3. . . . A GOOD DESIGN

4. BADONLINE COURSE DESIGN
 Getting Started
• Unprofessional selfie
• Not organized. “Hands off”
 Assignments
• Wrong information
• Broken Links
• Not tied to course
 Video
• “Watch this video” monotonous
• No close caption
• Random topic?
 Rubric
• Good rubric is for assignment not
listed
 Forums
• Start a discussion and respond to 3
posts
 Assessment
• Only use multiple choice questions

5. REFERENCES
• 6 Ways to Save a Bad E-Learning Design.
https://community.articulate.com/articles/online-course-graphic-design-fix.
Articulate.com. Web printed 4/5/2017
• Stanford, Daniel (2014). Seven Deadly Sins of Online Course Design,
http://www.iddblog.org/?p=2004. Web printed 4/5/2017
• YouTube good video: https://youtu.be/Bp4BG4Me7TU
• YouTube bad video: https://youtu.be/2t5kp9Tywpo
• What Makes a Good Online Course?
http://www.educationcorner.com/distance-learning/what-makes-a-good-
online-course.html. Educationcorner.com. Web printed 4/5/2017