Center for Teaching and Learning

Online in 9: eLearning Course Development

 

Online in Nine

Take your online course to the next level by participating in a 9-week series designed to help you efficiently develop or redesign your course. By the end of the series, you will have a completely finished course site, confidence with new technologies and strategies for managing your time and students. This series is designed to fit into your schedule with a combination of face-to-face and online activities structured to keep your course development on track. Join your colleagues in an interdisciplinary small group to share ideas and learn new tools and strategies guided by research-based, national standards.

Registration for the Fall 2013 series (Sept 8-Nov 16) is now OPEN. Registration is open for future series dates in spring and summer 2014.  

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When you register, you will select a cohort group you wish to join. Most interactions will take place online through a variety of technology-enhanced activities and discussions, however some meetings will require your visit to campus. See below for those dates. NOTE: We have twelve spots available for each series. Anyone developing a course is welcome to register, although priority will be given to those faculty developing courses for the Online Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) or Masters of Business Adminstration (MBA) degree program. We will confirm all registrations prior to the start of the program.

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In-Person Meeting Dates (Tuesday and Friday Cohort Groups)

milestone 1 image          Week 1: Learn: Teaching in the Online Environment (September 10 or 13)
Week 2: Build: Start Here and Module 1 (Sept 17-20) 
Week 3: Learn: Learner-Centered Syllabus (Sept 24 or 27) 
Week 4: Build:  Modules 2 and 3 (Oct 1 or 4)
Week 5: Learn: Design Lab on Exams, Assignments, GradeCenter, and Rubrics (Oct 8 or 11)
Week 6: Build:  Modules 5 and 6 (Oct 15 or 18) 
Meet with an instructional designer during the week of October 19
Week 7: Build:  Design Lab and Modules 7 and 8 (Oct 29 or Nov 1) 
Week 8: Build:  Design Lab (Nov 5 or 8) 
Week 9: Self and Peer Review (Nov 12 or 15)
Week 10: Showcase and Discussion (Nov 19 or 22) 

Milestone 1: 

milestone 1 image          Create learning unit folders (8 recommended) in MyGateway DEV shell with meaningful titles and start/stop dates 
Create ‘Start Here’ folder full of introductory tasks and directions
Create welcome message, update faculty bio/photo
Complete first draft of syllabus 

Milestone 2: 

milestone 2 image          Write learning objectives for Modules 1, 2, and 3 
Build Modules 1, 2, and 3 with resources, engaging activities, and assessments 
Write learning objectives for Modules 4, 5, and 6 
Build Modules 4, 5, and 6 with resources, engaging activities, and assessments 

Milestone 3: 

milestone 1 image          Write learning objectives for Modules 7 - 8
Build Modules 7-8 with resources, engaging activities, and assessments
Create checklist w/deadlines of all graded activities for syllabus
Ensure gradebook reflects all graded activities, confirming point values
Review and revise all modules for consistency

Course Review Process: 

milestone 1 image          Review your own course using UMSL’s Quality Assurance Rubric
Review your partner’s course using UMSL’s Quality Assurance Rubric
When course is complete, submit request for official review online
Revise course as needed
Migrate materials to live course in MyGateway

Future Series Dates