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  • Online Course Design for College and University Faculty (Archived)
Challenge
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Perspectives & Resources

How can faculty design their online courses?

  • 1: Planning an Online Course
  • 2: Learning Goals
  • 3: Assessments
  • 4: Learning Activities
  • 5: Content

How can faculty deliver and refine their online courses?

  • 6: Building the Course
  • 7: Final Adjustments and Ongoing Revisions

Resources

  • 8: References & Helpful Resources
  • 9: Credits
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Online Course Design for College and University Faculty (Archived)

Perspectives & Resources

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By completing the entire Perspectives & Resources section and reviewing the accompanying activities, you should be able to:

  • Understand the key frameworks and principles for online education, including backward design and the Community of Inquiry framework.
  • Reflect on the learning goals and objectives of existing courses and identify how they might need to be adapted for online or hybrid learning.
  • Explore assessment methods commonly used in online instruction with a focus on diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment tools.
  • Align learning activities and content with course goals and learning objectives.
  • Understand how elements of course structure create a clear path for students’ learning.
  • Build a unit or module for your online or hybrid course.

When you are ready, proceed to Page 1.

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