Learn how to create online courses that work efficiently. By understanding how people learn and how to design the experience conceptually and aesthetically, you can shape an effective and engaging learning experience. The course also addresses blended learning environments, synchronous and asynchronous concerns, the use of a variety of media such as video and audio along with accessibility concerns, and effective evaluation of online course design (University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2013).
This course uses for its main text, Robin Smith's Conquering the Content (San-Francisco:Jossey-Bass, 2008), along with many articles and podcasts.
The Instructor, Susan Manning, by modeling many of the techniques used in online learning, enabled us to experience first-hand the very tools which we would be asked to create. This is Instructional Design in a nutshell: creating an engaging and effective learning environment by addressing the very skills needed to design online courses.
The Instructor, Susan Manning, by modeling many of the techniques used in online learning, enabled us to experience first-hand the very tools which we would be asked to create. This is Instructional Design in a nutshell: creating an engaging and effective learning environment by addressing the very skills needed to design online courses.