1. PMI Online Course Development Training

2. Introduction First Impressions Our Goals
What do you (think) you know about online education? What have you seen/heard?
Our Goals
Quality
Consistency

3. Advantages of Online
Can make use of online resources—weblinks, interactive demos, etc.
Instructor can interact 1:1 with students more easily
Anonymity can help students be more assertive
“Classtime” is anytime—not just certain hours

4. Disadvantages of Online
Students must be self-motivated to stay on track and complete assignments
Instructors must be proactive
Content/assignments must be engaging
Interaction may be less immediate, students may feel isolation

5. Course Creation ??s How will you initially engage your students?
How will you provide information or knowledge that you believe is essential for students to learn?
What will you do to promote interaction so that students can enhance or add to their understanding of initial information presented?
How will you assess what your students have learned?

6. Development Principles
Avoid rehashing the textbook
“Guide on the side” vs. “sage on the stage”
Online content ≠ lectures
Online content is opportunity for students to interact with the information
Give students opportunities to interact with each other and instructors as well.
Address different learning styles whenever possible

7. Course Elements Part I
Course home – Announcements, introduction to course, What’s New, and checklist.
Syllabus –Standard elements, similar to on-ground syllabus. Most important for development are Objectives.
Course Schedule – Due Dates for assignments
Grading Information –Rubric for each assignment to help instructors grade papers. Not necessary for exams.

8. Course Elements Part II
Lesson Home page – introduction to lesson. Standard image included on page
Topic pages – content of lesson. May contain text, links, examples, animations, ungraded activities
Assignments – assessments, dropbox, journals, discussions

9. Role of the SME Responsible for content Provide
Measurable course objectives
Course outline (lessons/topics)
Textbook reading assignments
Lesson/topic page ideas
Ideas for course assignments which measure objectives

10. Role of the ID Responsible for instructional design Work with SME to:
Develop/write course assignments which measure objectives
Create ungraded activities to reinforce content
Create rubrics for writing assignments
Write text for lesson and topic pages

11. Practice Session Plan a sample course Objectives Assignment
Textbook assignment
Topic page(s)
Lesson home page

12. Course Development Process, Step 1
What do students need to be able to do when they complete the lesson? (objectives)
How to capitalize and punctuate correctly.
Know the parts of the chest and thorax and describe the functions of each part.

13. Course Development Process, Step 2
How will these objectives be measured? (assignments)
Dropbox assignments
Correct capitalization and punctuation for given sentences
Label diagram of chest and thorax and write functions of each part.
Tests
Over capitalization and punctuation
Anatomy and functions of chest/thorax

14. Course Development Process, Step 3
What do students need to know to successfully complete the assessments? (content)
English
When to punctuate and capitalize
Anatomy
Parts of the chest and thorax

15. Course Development Process, Step 3
How will they learn the information?
Textbook reading—assign pages selectively
Topic pages—provide examples; more focused, more scenario-based; weblinks; animations.
Note: Use the online format to address different learning styles.

16. Course Development Process, Step 4
Write:
Assignments first, graded and ungraded
Topic pages
Lesson home pages
Course home page
Objectives for syllabus. Each objective should match an assignment.