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Facilitate Learning (Core Competency 1):

Developing Web-Based Courses: A Hands-On Workshop

Description

Workshop participants will engage in hands-on practice in all phases of web course development: exploring the functions of a learning management system; learning to outline and flowchart a course; retrieving, editing, and inserting images; using web course templates; and creating interactive exercises. Novices to web development will be presented with strategies that can be applied in many settings, from transforming PowerPoint modules for online delivery to developing web-based courses from scratch. Teaching effectiveness and productivity will be emphasized and good instructional design will be discussed.

Learner Level: Good file management skills in the Windows environment required (finding files, navigating folders and directories; opening, copying, re-naming files). Basic skills in Microsoft Office applications. Web page creation experience is advantageous, but not required. Aptitude to learn new software programs on a basic level.

Objectives:

  • Explain common terms used in web-Based learning
  • Describe basic functions of learning management systems (LMS)
  • Outline the basic steps in course development using an instructional design process.
  • Outline/flowchart a basic course
  • Storyboard two course pages
  • Create at least two interactive exercises
  • Relate different avenues for finding and acquiring media for use in web courses, including pictures, audio, video, and animation
  • Differentiate between two different image formats used on the web
  • Describe tools and methods for course authoring, including:
    • web editors
    • course templates
    • page templates
  • Identify common target groups for pilot testing a web course

  • Compress and upload course documents to a learning management system

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