1. Noam Ebner – Creighton University Jennifer Parlamis – University of San Francisco Lorianne Mitchell - East Tennessee State University

2. Two audiences (at least) – novices, experienced Demystifying the process Many things called “online learning” Online / hybrid Demo-ing on commonly encountered platforms (state of the practice, not state of the art) More than one way to go Invite others’ experience into the workshop Create a forum/network/group teaching online, for support, sharing best practices, sharing resources and research What are we doing here?

3. Approaching an online course for the first time

4. What assets does my institution have? LMS – Learning Management System Web conferencing software platform Lecture capture rooms Video-taping unit IT Dept. - guidance and support Instructional design experts “Technical” partner Preliminary Questions I

5. Who should I talk to? IT department Experienced teachers in your institutions Experienced teachers in your content area Students Program chair / Dean Preliminary Questions II

6. “Big” Preliminary decisions: Wholly online / hybrid? Synchronous / Asynchronous? Text-based / Lecture-based? Interactive / work-alone? (You may not have choice in all of these) Preliminary questions III

7. The “unit” (also: “module”): A defined topic, time period and assignments. How many units? (and as a result – how long a course?) Duration of units The value of uniformity The one-topic focus of each unit The Unit

8. (This depends on your choices above, but here are the basics) A Learning Management System (or – creativity!) A syllabus A set of topics A timeframe, broken down to units Material for each unit What you’ll need (for the course):

9. Introduction to the topic (text/video) List of assignments: Reading material, video lectures, discussion forums, assessed work Areas for each assignment – a discussion forum, an assignment page, etc. Can also include: Exercises, simulations, video clips, etc. What you’ll need (for each unit)