Online in 9: eLearning Course Development
Take your online course to the next level by participating in a 9-week series designed to help you efficiently develop or redesign your course. By the end of the series, you will have a completely finished course site, confidence with new technologies and strategies for managing your time and students. This series is designed to fit into your schedule with a combination of face-to-face and online activities structured to keep your course development on track. Join your colleagues in an interdisciplinary small group to share ideas and learn new tools and strategies guided by research-based, national standards.
We are now taking registrants for the Summer 2013 series: May 26-August 10
When you register, you will select a cohort group you wish to join. Most interactions will take place online through a variety of technology-enhanced activities and discussions, however some meetings will require your visit to campus. See below for those dates. NOTE: We have nine spots available for each series. Anyone developing a course is welcome to register, although priority will be given to those faculty developing courses for the Online BLS degree program. We will confirm all registrations prior to the start of the program.
In-Person Meeting Dates
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Week 1: Teaching in the Online Environment (May 28 or 29) – REQUIRED |
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Week 2: Syllabus and the Course Outline (June 4 or 5) - REQUIRED |
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Week 3: Building your Course (June 11 or 12) - REQUIRED |
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Week 4: Design Lab on Online Exams and Assignments (June 18 or 19) - OPTIONAL |
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Week 5: Design Lab on Discussions (June 25 or 26) – OPTIONAL |
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Week 6: Design Lab on Collaborative Projects (July 9 or 10) - OPTIONAL |
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Week 7: Design Lab – Your Request (July 16 or 17) - OPTIONAL |
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Week 8: Design Lab – Your Request (July 23 or 24) - OPTIONAL |
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Week 9: Design Lab – Your Request (July 30 or 31) - OPTIONAL |
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Week 10: Showcase and Discussion (August 6 or 7) - REQUIRED
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Milestone 1: May 26-June 14
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Create learning unit folders (8 recommended) in MyGateway DEV shell with meaningful titles and start/stop dates (by 5/31) |
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Create ‘Start Here’ folder full of introductory tasks and directions (by 6/7) |
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Create welcome message, update faculty bio/photo (by 6/7) |
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Complete first draft of syllabus (by 6/14) |
Milestone 2: June 15-July 12
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Write learning objectives for Modules 1, 2, and 3 (by 6/21) |
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Build Modules 1, 2, and 3 with resources, engaging activities, and assessments (by 6/21) |
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Write learning objectives for Modules 4, 5, and 6 (by 7/12) |
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Build Modules 4, 5, and 6 with resources, engaging activities, and assessments (by 7/12) |
Milestone 3: July 13-August 2
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Write learning objectives for Modules 7 - 8 |
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Build Modules 7-8 with resources, engaging activities, and assessments |
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Create checklist w/deadlines of all graded activities for syllabus |
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Ensure gradebook reflects all graded activities, confirming point values |
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Review and revise all modules for consistency |
Course Review Process: Due August 10
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Review your own course using UMSL’s Quality Assurance Rubric |
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Review your partner’s course using UMSL’s Quality Assurance Rubric |
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When course is complete, submit request for official review online |
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Revise course as needed |
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Migrate materials to live course in MyGateway |
Future Series Dates
- Fall 2013: Sept 8-Nov 16
- Spring 2013: Dates TBD (you can still register)
