Week
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Overview
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Activities
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Stepping Stone 2B: Building Modules To-Do activities to be completed by Monday, March 18 at 5:00 PM
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Week 6 Online and ID Meeting
March 18 - 22
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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
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Building Your Course: Part IV
Refer to your course outline and continue developing your course site.
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To-Do
1. Build Modules 7 and 8 in MyGateway (complete)
2. Create a checklist/overview
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