Designing Online Learning
Objectives
Through discussion, collaborative activities, assigned readings, and individual projects, it is expected that the learners will be able to:
- Define selected terminology and concepts used in distance education.
- Explain the historical development of distance education.
- Describe the role of instructional systems design in the development of distance education.
- Discuss the advantages to instructional development gained by taking a learners perspective.
- Prepare, design and implement a course of study utilizing asynchronous distributive learning.
Learning Environment
This course connects you and your instructor, class members, and DE design tools through today's communication technology, including threaded discussion groups, chat rooms and e-mail. Through this distance learning opportunity, you will be able to interact with your instructor and class members whenever and wherever you decide your learning capacity will be optimized.
How your learning will be evaluated
Your grade will be determined by your involvement in the Discussion Room, and by the completion of three assignments.
| Assignment | Grade % |
|---|---|
| Discussion Room Facilitator | 15 |
| Discussion Room Participant | 25 |
| Journaling (1st & last pages turned in) | 5 |
| The Mad Hatter's Presentation | 15 |
| Distance Learning Project | 40 |
| Last updated: August 2002 | |
