2009-2010 Distance Education Faculty Technology Workshop

Teaching and Learning Technologies

Best Practices in the development of quality

online coursesPart-II

Sasi BenzigarEducational Technologistbenzigar@purdue.edu

Instructional Development Center

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Best Practices

Course Design Interaction & Collaboration Assessment Learner Support

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Best Practices - Assessment

• Self assessment opportunities– Electronic resources/practice quizzes from the

text book

EXAMPLE 1

• Graded assessment opportunities– Provide grades for activities (motivation)

EXAMPLE 2, 2A

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• Formative evaluation– Course activities and student feedback

(course re-design)

EXAMPLE 3

• Summative evaluation– After the course completion (course re-

design)

EXAMPLE 4

Best Practices - Assessment

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Best Practices – Learner support

• Provide information/tips for online learning

EXAMPLE 5

• Provide contact information– Content Questions– Technology related Questions– Registration & policy Questions

EXAMPLE 6

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Best Practices – Learner support

• Provide short tutorials on blackboard activities

EXAMPLE 7

• Technical requirement & plug-in information

EXAMPLE 8

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• Provide short tutorials of course activities

EXAMPLE 9, 9A, 9B

• Create a FAQ section with commonly asked questions. Give them an option to ask questions.

EXAMPLE 10

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Sample Online Activities

• Group work– Group reports and problem solving

(discussions), wiki (collaboration), Adobe Connect/BB chat (communication)

• Content– Review/literature review/summary/critical

thinking• Discussions

– Debate, critical thinking, peer reviews.

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Sample Online Activities

• Online role play• Fishbowl• Webquest

• Quiz• Presentations/demo• Papers, Essays

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Questions