ANDERSON, T. & ELLOUMI, F. (EDS. ) . (2008) THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ONLINE

LEARNING, 2ND EDITION, ATHABASCA, AB, CANADA: ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY.

TPOL Chapter 10: The Development of Online

Courses

Introduction

This presentation is an overview of chapter 10 in the text “Theory and Practice Of Online Learning 2nd Ed., by Anderson and Elloumi” for EDET 755

Presentation Objectives:Chapter SummaryText StrengthsText WeaknessesText Applications

Overview

What is online learning?Text FocusedMulti-Functional

How is it presented? LMSE-Learning 2.0

Overview

What are the best defined strategies?

American Association of Higher Education Seven Principles For Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

WICHE’s Balancing Quality and Access: Principles of Good Practice for Electronically Offered Academic Degree and Certificate Programs

Overview

What are other considerations?

New Teaching paradigm

Teacher Education

Skills Needed

Rewarding Faculty

Overview

Who and what is needed to create an online course?

Online development team SME, Instructional designer, graphic designer,

developer, programmer

Development Tools Coding languages GUI software

Assessment

Educational Models & Teacher Training

Strengths Educational Models Emphasis on teacher training

Weaknesses Common sense advice Technical Skill too elementary

Assessment

Online Course DevelopmentStrengths

Centralizing para-academics Encouraging teamwork among roles

Weaknesses Too many cross-functional responsibilities Unrealistic job descriptions

Applications

Course Would Benefit:

Beginners in web development process

Beginners in online education theory

Those interested in an overall understanding of online course development