Center for Teaching and Learning

Online in Nine: eLearning Course Development, Meeting Dates and Registration Form

 

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 is now OPEN for the Spring 2013 series: February 10 - April 20

Please select the 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 twenty 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 BLS degree program. We will confirm all registrations prior to the start of the program.


Week

Overview

Activities

Week 1
ID Meeting

Thursday Cohort 
February 14
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: 
TBD

Friday Cohort 
February 15
Time: 10 a.m - Noon
Location: 
TBD

Getting Started 

Meet individually with an instructional designer.

Following your individual meeting with an ID, you will meet your development partner and discuss how you’d like to work together during the series.

Pull together your existing resources. 

 

To-Do

1. Divide your course conceptually into eight parts/chunks.  Submit by email to ID and your development partner.

2. Create eight learning modules/folders in MyGateway course site
Stepping Stone 1A: Organizing your content
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, February 18 at 5:00 PM

Week 2
In person

Thursday Cohort 
February 21
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: 
TBD

Friday Cohort 
February 22
Time: 10 a.m - Noon
Location: 
TBD

 

Teaching in the Online Environment 

Review sample online courses

Learn what’s new in MyGateway through a showcase of assignments from online courses

Helping students feel welcome and oriented

Discussion: What’s different about teaching online?

To-Do

1. Create your welcome message and letter of introduction, and update your contact info and BIO in your MyGateway course site.

2. Create START HERE folder full of resources

 
Stepping Stone 1B:  Creating a welcoming experience for your students
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, February 25 at 5:00 PM

Week 3
In person

Thursday Cohort
February 28
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: 
TBD


Friday Cohort
March 1
Time: 10 a.m - Noon
Location:
TBD

Syllabus and Course Outline

Learn about the must-haves of an online syllabus and how creating the right syllabus will save you headaches in the future.

Consider the use of possible student learning supports

To-Do

1. Completion of first two stepping stones

2. Complete a first draft of your syllabus with all essential elements, course description. Write and Post in MyGateway: Learning objectives for your first three modules

 
MILESTONE 1:  Syllabus and Course Skeleton Completed
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, March 4 at 5:00 PM

Week 4
Online and ID Meeting

March 4 - 8

Building Your Course: Part I 

Universal Design principles

Copyright and Fair Use Online

Discuss how you will introduce a topic to your students and guide them through the lesson/module.  How will you assess them?

Take notes about which technologies you need to learn; which technologies your students need to know

Set up a time to meet with an instructional designer for feedback about Milestone 1.

To-Do

1. Submit an outline for the content, resources and activities for your first three modules (based on the learning objectives written in Week 3)

2. In MyGateway, build your first full learning module from beginning to end (record all lectures, write the exam, set up discussion boards, etc.)

3. Write and post in MyGateway: Learning objectives for modules 4-6

4. Meet with an instructional designer

 
Stepping Stone 2A: Building Modules 1-3
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, March 11 at 5:00 PM:

Week 5
Online and Partner Meeting

March 11 - 15

Building Your Course: Part II 

This week we will focus on how to leverage the MyGateway environment for your online course.

Plan to meet with your development partner this week.

To-Do

1. Build Modules 2 and 3 in MyGateway (complete)

2. Submit by email (to your development partner and ID) an outline for the content, resources and activities for modules 4-6 (based on the learning objectives written in Week 4)

Stepping Stone 2B: Building Modules
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, March 18 at 5:00 PM

Week 6
Online and ID Meeting

March 18 - 22

Building Your Course: Part III

Refer to your course outline and begin developing your course site. 
Consider how to integrate UMSL resources to support your course

Plan to meet with an instructional designer to discuss progress and meeting Milestone 2.		 To-Do

1. Completed Stepping Stones 2A and 2B

2. Build Modules 4-6 in MyGateway (complete)

3. Write and post in MyGateway: Learning objectives for modules 
7-8
Milestone 2: Course Halfway completed
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, April 1 at 5:00 PM
Spring Break (March 25-29)

Week 7

Online

April 1-5

Building Your Course: Part IV

Refer to your course outline and continue developing your course site.

 To-Do

1. Build Modules 7 and 8 in MyGateway (complete)

2. Create a checklist/overview

 
Stepping Stone 3A: Building Modules
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, April 8 at 5:00 PM

Week 8

Online

April 8 - 12

Reflect 

Reflect on your course this week and revise your plans and timeline as necessary.

Plan to meet with an instructional designer this week to discuss meeting Milestone 3 and finalize any remaining action plans to bring the course development to completion.

 

To-Do

Review and Revise all modules for consistency

  • Complete review of your partner’s course
  • Complete self-review of your course
    • Review all modules for clear instructions to students
    • Are all activities necessary?
    • Are any resources missing?
    • How do your modules address the 7 Principles?
    • Insert link to the mid-semester feedback survey for online courses

 
Stepping Stone 3B: Reflect on Your Modules
To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, April 15 at 5:00 PM

Week 9

Online

April 15 - 19

Practice and Testing 

Practice with a test student account: Grading

Develop strategy for tracking student participation

Chart a rhythm for your course: how often will you communicate with students?  Send grades? Update them w/timely events

Play the part of a student in your development partner’s course to take the tests, submit fake assignments.  Your partner will do the same for you, so that you can see how the process works.

To-Do

1. Meet with an instructional designer for final course review

2. Create an action plan for revising your course after feedback.

3. Practice with your colleague and test student accounts (as applicable)

  • Post a discussion board thread and reply
  • Grade discussion board participation
  • Grade an assignment / deliver feedback
  • Grade an exam / deliver feedback

4. Get Yourself Ready

  • Create student participation sheet / plan for managing students
  • How often will you solicit feedback from students?

 

 
Milestone 3: Practice Grading and Delivering Feedback

Week 10

Thursday Cohort
April 25
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: TBD


Friday Cohort
April 26
Time: 10 a.m - Noon
Location:
TBD

Showcase and Discussion 

Before our final in-person meeting, you will have access to all of the developed courses.  Look through all online courses developed in the series to find one module that impresses you or find one module from your development partner’s course.  Present your colleague’s module to the group and share what you like about it. 

Discussion: what can you expect from the instructional designers when your course goes live?

 

*Note: Rooms are subject to change based on availability. We'll keep you posted, if there is a change.

Future Series Dates

*Note: Rooms are subject to change based on availability. We'll keep you posted, if there is a change.

Future Series Dates

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