• Instructional Design and Implementing Online Teaching and Learning Course for UIC Library of the Health Sciences
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Instructional Design and Implementing Online Teaching and Learning Course for UIC Library of the Health Sciences

Overview and Learning Objectives

In this four Topic hands-on course the intellectual focus will be on using good instructional design and Web page design principles. Participants will also be introduced to Web-based Teaching techniques and materials using standard Web pages and the Moodle LMS.

This course requires a significant amount of hands-on learning-activities , project work, and readings. This work will result in a completed instructional design plan for an instructional unit - course/workshop/tutorial - of the participants choice for a learner group of their choice with teacher guidance and approval.

This is a two phase course.

  1. Phase one is lecture, discussion, and readings on the instructional design process in the context of online teaching and learning.
  2. Phase two is hands-on activities that will step participants through creating or assessing an instructional design plan (with teacher guidance and approval) for a short unit of instruction on a topic and for learners of their choice (short course/tutorial/course).

The course is hosted on a Moodle server. Participants will receive and/or be able to download printable versions of the learning activities etc. to use during the course session as well.

Diane Kovacs has been teaching this course in various versions for over a decade. The original version was a three Topics long hands-on course "Designing and Implementing Web-based Training in Libraries" developed for the Cleveland Area Metropolitan Libraries in 1998.

Learning Objectives

  1. Participants will be able to use clear instructional design process to design distance education/online teaching and learning units.
  2. Participants will be able to evaluate distance education/Web-based tutorials, courses, or workshops in terms of their design and relevance.
  3. Participants will end the session with a completed instructional design plan for a simple tutorial, short course, or workshop of their choice (with teacher guidance and approval).

Audience

Librarians and other information specialists who are interested in learning the instructional design process, reviewing distance education/Web-based/online teaching and learning tools and options.

Some experience with online learning is assumed. (e.g., have taken a course online, completed a Web-based tutorial as a learner). No online teaching experience is expected, but Web-based teachers will find the course a good review and reinforcement experience.

Participants should know how to use e-mail and a current standard Web Browser. Level of instruction is intermediate

Tuition and Registration

Register anytime to work-at-your-own-pace with a Web teacher through e-mail, chat and Moodle. $175 15 hours.