Day 3 - Topics
- Comparison of different distance education courses
- Divide into small groups
- Look at 3 different distance education courses from one of the following resources
- Use the Rubric for Online Instruction at Chico State University to evaluate each course.
- Other Resources for Designing Distance Courses
Day 3 - Assignments
- Subscribe to Distance-Educator.com. Select one article relating to distance education design in the Weekly News from Distance-Educator.com. Read the article and write a brief summary about the article and any thoughts you have on the article in the discussion forum. – Due Day 4
- Work on Distance Course Design Document & Session Description. – Both Due Day 5
- Course Design Document
- Use the provided template to create a course design document
- Include the following in your design document and post to the discussion forum:
- Course description
- Course instructional/learning strategies
- Course media platforms
- Course provision for learner autonomy
- Course provision for structure
- Course communication
- Major and minor assessments
- Session Description
- Choose one session within your course to describe in detail using the provided template.
- Include the following in your session description and post to the discussion forum:
- Session objectives
- Session structure or procedures
- Learning activities
- Deliverables
- Assessments