eschool4s.eu: checklist - ingredients of a good online course

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The Ingredients of a Good Online Course: Checklist Information about the course Yes Partly No Irrelevant 1.1 Target group and prerequisites: Does the course mention the target group and the necessary prerequisites / competencies? 1.2 Objectives: Are the objectives of the course (ref. to skills or competencies) given? 1.3 Content: Are the course topics and the subjectspecific content listed? 1.4 Sequence and organization: Does the course offer information about its organization and the process? (If necessary) 1.5 Assessment: Does the student get information about the expectations of the teachers/moderators and the assessment methods? 1.6 Instructions for moderators: Does the course include a guideline for teachers/moderators? Content and Resources 2.1 Technical correctness: Is the learning content presented professionally and formally correct? 2.2 Copyright: Are the materials and media used in this course cited correctly and legally available? 2.3 Goal orientation: Do the learning resources relate to the objectives of the course? 2.4 Targeting: Is the learning content suitable for the target group? 2.5 Practical relevance: Does the course contain resources that are clearly practice oriented? 2.6 Media and file formats: Are the integrated media standard file formats? 2.7 Media use: Does the media design promote learning activities? 2.8 Gender mainstreaming: Do the contents and materials support promotion of gender equality? Tasks and Activities 3.1 Goal orientation: Are the tasks and activities goaloriented? 3.2 Targeting: Are the learning tasks and activities appropriate for the intended group of learners? 3.3 Instructional design: Is the selection and sequencing of tasks and activities based on didactic considerations? 3.4 Methodological diversity: Does the course offer methodically diverse tasks and activities? 3.5 Clarity and completeness: Did the course creators formulate the learning tasks and activities simply and clearly and offer all the necessary information?

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The  Ingredients  of  a  Good  Online  Course:  Checklist      

Information  about  the  course   Yes   Partly   No   Irrelevant  1.1  Target  group  and  prerequisites:  Does  the  course  mention  the  target  group  and  the  necessary  prerequisites  /  competencies?    

       

1.2  Objectives:  Are  the  objectives  of  the  course  (ref.  to  skills  or  competencies)  given?  

       

1.3  Content:  Are  the  course  topics  and  the  subject-­‐specific  content  listed?  

       

1.4  Sequence  and  organization:  Does  the  course  offer  information  about  its  organization  and  the  process?  

       

�(If  necessary)  1.5  Assessment:  Does  the  student  get  information  about  the  expectations  of  the  teachers/moderators  and  the  assessment  methods?  

       

1.6  Instructions  for  moderators:  Does  the  course  include  a  guideline  for  teachers/moderators?  

       

Content  and  Resources          

2.1  Technical  correctness:  Is  the  learning  content  presented  professionally  and  formally  correct��������?  

       

2.2  Copyright:  Are  the  materials  and  media  used  in  this  course  cited  correctly  and  legally  available?  

       

2.3  Goal  orientation:  Do  the  learning  resources  relate  to  the  objectives  of  the  course?  

       

2.4  Targeting:  Is  the  learning  content  suitable  for  the  target  group? �  

       

2.5  Practical  relevance:  Does  the  course  contain  resources  that  are  clearly  practice  oriented?  

       

2.6  Media  and  file  formats:  Are  the  integrated  media  standard  file  formats?  

       

2.7  Media  use:  Does  the  media  design  promote  learning  activities?  

       

2.8  Gender  mainstreaming:  Do  the  contents  and  materials  support  promotion  of  gender  equality?  

       

Tasks  and  Activities  

       

3.1  Goal  orientation:  Are  the  tasks  and  activities  goal-­‐oriented������?          3.2  Targeting:  Are  the  learning  tasks  and  activities  appropriate  for  the  intended  group  of  learners��?  

       

3.3  Instructional  design:  Is  the  selection  and  sequencing  of  tasks  and  activities  based  on  didactic  considerations?  

       

3.4  Methodological  diversity:  Does  the  course  offer  methodically  diverse  tasks  and  activities?  

       

3.5  Clarity  and  completeness:  Did  the  course  creators  formulate  the  learning  tasks  and  activities  simply  and  clearly  and  offer  all  the  necessary  information?  

       

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3.6  Motivation:  Does  the  course  include  interesting  tasks,  activities  and  -­‐  state-­‐of-­‐the  art  –  materials  that  inspire  teenagers  and  adults  to  get  up  and  act?  

       

3.7  Communication  and  collaboration  among  students:  Does  the  course  offer  students  the  opportunity  to  communicate  and  collaborate?  

       

3.8  Feedback  /  peer  review:  Does  the  course  offer  teachers/moderators  and  students  tools  for  giving  feedback?  

       

3.9  Learning-­‐oriented  environment:  Did  the  course  creators  put  the  focus  on  learning  orientation?  

       

3.10  Varying  contexts:  Does  the  course  enable  the  acquisition  and  application  of  knowledge  in  varying  contexts?  

       

3.11  Self-­‐directed  learning:  Does  the  course  provide  for  learning  tasks  and  activities  that  promote  self-­‐directed  learning?�  

       

3.12  Differentiation:  Does  the  course  offer  learning  tasks  and  activities  for  differentiation  and  individual  support?��  

       

3.13  Activation  of  higher-­‐order  thinking  skills:  Do  the  learning  tasks  and  activities  encourage  higher-­‐order  thinking  skills  like  analyzing,  evaluating  and  creating?  (Cf.  Benjamin  Bloom1)  

       

3.14  Informal  learning:  Does  the  course  support  informal  learning?  

       

3.15  Reflection:  Does  the  course  offers  tools  for  reflection?          

Learning  environment  

       

4.1  Availability  and  functionality:  Are  all  the  course    materials  and  tools  available  and  ready  for  use?  

       

4.2  Usability:  Is  the  navigation  of  the  course  user  friendly�?          4.3  Course  structure:  Is  the  structure  of  the  course  clear?          4.4  Learning  support:  Do  the  learning  tasks  and  activities  offer  additional  supporting  texts?  

       

4.5  Interactive  tools:  Does  the  course  offer  tools  for  interaction  between  learners  and  learners,  and  learners  and  facilitators?  

       

Evaluation  

       

5.1  Evaluation  by  learners:  Does  the  course  allow  for  feedback  resp.  evaluation  so  that  the  course  participants  can  contribute  to  optimize  it?  

       

5.2.  Evaluation  by  course  moderators:  Does  the  course  allow  for  feedback  resp.  evaluation  so  that  the  course  moderators  can  contribute  to  optimize  it?  

       

 Source:  www.edidaktik.at/fachtagung10/files/Kohl-­‐2010-­‐Paedagogische_Qualitaetskriterien_fuer_moderierte_Online-­‐Kurse_a.pdf    With  friendly  permission  by  the  copyright  owner,  Angela  Kohl.  Translated  by  Reinhard  Wieser  und  Christine  Lechner.  Distributed  under  Creative  Commons    

 

                                                                                                               1  See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_taxonomy