Development of Online Courses

Caplan & Graham (2008)

• Why and How is design different?
• Ways to support Learners
• What about supporting Instructors?

Digital Natives

• Have always known technology
• View education, work, and play through lens of technology

Why does this matter?

Education Must Keep Up!

To support these learners...

• Relate content to them
• Interact (S-T)
• Provide them some control

Content

• "Chunked" into modules
• Familiar presentation (like classroom units)
• Accessible anytime on LMS

Community

• Personal communication
• Contact info
• Student Resources, Help

More Information needed:

• Specific S-S interaction strategies
• Disability Resources

Supporting Instructors

• Not all Digital Natives
• New expectations

Sound Pedagogy is Still Key

• High expectations
• Rigorous, scaffolded content
• S-T contact
• S-S collaboration

Active Learning, even Online

• Cognitive stretch to challenge learners
• Promote interaction & discussion (LMS)

Professional TIPs

• Be prepared
• ID and enlist help
• Reuse (but update) content

Evolution of LMS allow instructor to focus on content