Designing Your Online Course (5-week course)
Start time
October 31, 2022 08:00 AM
End time
October 31, 2022 05:00 PM
Presented By
OTDI
Location
Online - asynchronous
Workshop Worth
15
Description
Designing an online course can be challenging for even the most successful, experienced instructors. During this 5-week asynchronous course, you will work with expert facilitators and a cohort of engaged peers through the backward design process. You will incorporate evidence-based practice and Universal Design principles to plan an effective, inclusive course that meets Ohio State's expectations for quality online learning.
Throughout Designing Your Online Course (DYOC), you will spend 3-5 hours each week on course activities: exploring the instructional content of each page; completing the planning, design, and reflection activities in each module; providing feedback for and collaborating with fellow attendees; and ultimately building a course blueprint that captures the major design elements for your course. While this course does not focus on the skills for any particular online teaching tool, it will leave you with a comprehensive course blueprint and connect you with the ongoing resources to efficiently move your course plan into action.
The content of DYOC is organized around the following five topics, with each week focused on one of them.
- Wishes and Values, Goals, and Learning Outcomes—You will determine the wishes and values you have for your course, your students, and your teaching. Then you’ll write course goals and specific learning outcomes.
- Planning Assignments and Activities—We will guide you through a process of designing authentic, aligned, and transparent assignments and help you sequence them across a semester.
- Designing Assignments and Choosing Content—You will draft a prompt based on what you've learned about designing online assignments and then turn to your course content, working through how to choose accessible, affordable, and representative materials and how best to structure them within your course.
- Online Teaching Strategies and Choosing Technology—Through two interactive activities, you will think through how to select teaching strategies and technologies that align with your learning outcomes and best fit the modality of your course.
- Finalizing Your Course Blueprint—After reviewing university expectations for online courses, you will make final additions and adjustments to your course blueprint.
Modules will be released one week at a time and made available on Sundays. Mondays and Wednesdays will give you the opportunity to read and watch the course content and to brainstorm, plan, and design your course. Fridays will connect you with your peers to share thoughts and feedback and help each other reflect on progress.
Participants must commit to participating each week, completing the assignments, and attending two brief synchronous CarmenZoom meetings with facilitators and peers (date and time will be determined based on availability).
Prepare to spend approximately 15-20 hours in total on this DYOC course.
Accommodation Requests
Designing Your Online Course will have two synchronous meetings. We strive to host inclusive events that enable all individuals to engage fully. All virtual OTDI workshops enable automated Zoom captioning in the main session (please note: Zoom captioning is not currently available in breakout rooms). If you require live captioning or another accommodation for these two synchronous meetings, such as interpretation, please contact OTDI Educator Professional Learning. Requests made 10 business days in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access; however, the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this time period.
Teaching Endorsements
This session is eligible for the following endorsements provided by the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning: Technology-Enhanced Teaching.
Read more about OTDI endorsements for educators.
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Following the workshop, email Erica Szeyller.1 to confirm your attendance for the full event time. If you were not able to attend the full event, email Erica Szeyller.1 to discuss the possibility of 5001 course points.
