Lesson 2: Online Course Module

Overview

Now that you have envisioned a course outline, it's time to envision your course modules. Modules are the chunks you divide your course into. Notice that our modules have units and lessons. What do your modules look like?

 

Standards, Benchmarks, and Learning Objectives

In this Unit, we're indirectly addressing almost all of the SREB Standards for Quality Online Teaching and Quality Online Courses simultaneously simply by uncovering and discussing our assumptions about online teaching and online courses. Please review the SREB Standards for Quality Online Teaching and Quality Online Courses which are listed in the content module after this lesson.

To help you meet those standards, we must define a set of specific learning objectives. So, for this lesson, you will:

  • Utilize socio-constructivist acivities and synthesize your learning experiences by creating an online course module.
  • Analyze other online course modules to support and promote individual and group understanding of instructional design.

 

Assignments

  1. Discussion assignment 1: Post a module. Approximately 3 hours.
    • Develop a draft outline of a module for your course.
    • In WebCT Discussions, Topic: Course Modules, select one group member to post your group's draft module.
    • How the assignment is graded - points TBD for a completed draft module.
  2. Discussion assignment 2: Reply to other learners Approximately 30 minutes.
    • In WebCT Discussions, Topic: Course Modules, review and reply to the posts for each group.
      • Did your group miss something that you see might help your module? What do you see that stand out as the common elements for a high school course module?
    • How assignment is graded - 10 points
      • Again, there are no wrong or right answers here.
      • Reply to all groups using above criteria to obtain full credit.
  3. Group Synchronous Presentation. Approximately 1.5 hours.
    • Your group will present your course outline and course module in a Centra event on Saturday, February 24, 7-9pm.
      • At a minimum utilize a PowerPoint presentation that needs to be sent to Julia at juparra@nmsu.edu no later than February 24 at 3pm.
        • Additional tools may be utilized such as application sharing.
      • Presentation should be 15-20 minutes in length
      • All members need to present somehow
        • If you cannot attend, you need to make arrangements for alternative presentation methods.
    • How assignment is graded - points TBD
      • Presentation rubric
      • Peer/Self assessment

 

Next step

Continue to the Course Practicum

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