10 Tips to Designing Your

Course Masterpiece

Larry LambertNovember 20, 2013

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10 Tips to Designing Your

Course Masterpiece

Larry LambertIf you have a question during the webinar, please type it in the chat window and preface it with ??? This will help streamline the question and answer process.

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Using a Simple Acronym, the ten steps to creating

your course masterpiece begins

with you:

T E A C HNO L NI E

To Create an

Online Course

Masterpiece you

need to be

completely

involved.

You are a professional, act like one!

Open yourself Up

T = Commit. . .

E = Evaluate. . .

A = Analyze. . .

C = Communicate. . .

H = Have fun!. . .

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything

without losing your temper or your

self-confidence.”. . . .

~Robert FrostAmerican Poet

O Organize. . .

N Name. . .

L Listen. . .

I Imitate. . .

N Nuance. . .

E Evaluate. . .

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own

ignorance.” . . .~Will Durant 

Writer

T Commit

EEvaluate

TEACH

ONLINE

“I am learning all the time.  The tombstone will be my diploma. . .

.” ~Eartha Kitt

Actor

Commit. . . to the quality you want in your online course. Make it your goal to be as good as you can. What does it look like?

Evaluate. . . Your course content to ensure it is professional and lends itself to the learning outcomes. Are directions clear? Are dates accurate?

AAnalyze

CCommunicate

H Have fun!

TEACH

ONLINE

“The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to

unlearn what is untrue. . .”

 - AntisthenesGreek Philosopher

Analyze. . . The framework of your course shell. Is it set up and easy for your students to understand? No more than three clicks still applies

Communicate. . . Use your Learning Management System features to encourage consistent communication and interaction between you and your students

Have Fun!. . . Understand this is an opportunity that has few creative limitations. Make it a stress-free environment. Humans move away from stress in creative ways.

O

Organize

N

Name everything

TEACH

ONLINE

“I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed

teachers” . . . .~Woody Allen

Actor/Director

Organize. . . Your content needs to be placed in your course in an understandable way.

Name it!. . . Your online course is a permanent record of your activity and what you take for granted is new and scary to online students

L List

en

I

Imitate

TEACH

ONLINE

“If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.

He doesn't have tenure.” . . .~ Bill Gates 

Microsoft Founder

Listen. . . Give lots of opportunities for you as a faculty to listen to your students. Surveys, Journals, wikis, blogs even social media

Imitate. . . Take advantage of the successes of others and build on their ideas

N

Nuance.

E

Evaluate.

TEACH

ONLINE

“The only fence against the world is having a thorough knowledge of

it” . . .~John Locke

English Philosopher

Nuance. . . Little things mean a lot. Dates on assignments, spelling, how much you care reflects in your course details.

Evaluate. . . Take time to debrief yourself when the class is over. Leave your ego at the door and look at what you can do better next time

THE BOTTOM LINE“Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives”. . . .

~ Andy RooneyRadio & Television WriterT E AC H NO L NI E

An online class is a permanent record of your ability to imbue

your student’s learning success. . .

~ Larry Lambert

Additional Resources• University of Central Florida:

http://teach.ucf.edu/pedagogy/bestpractices/

• Faculty Focus: http://www.facultyfocus.com/free-reports/principles-of-effective-online-teaching-best-practices-in-distance-education/

• Designing for Learning:http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html

• WCET Instructional Technology Council: (PDF)http://wcet.wiche.edu/wcet/docs/cigs/studentauthentication/BestPractices.pdf

• Cincinnati State: http://www.cincinnatistate.edu/online/news/ten-tips-and-best-practices-for-developing-and-teaching-distance-education

• The Sloan Consortium:http://sloanconsortium.org/effective

• University of Maryland:http://www.umuc.edu/ctl/upload/bestpractices.pdf

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