Sharing experience and expertise

Building Master Courses

What is a master course?

Compilation of work created for one CCNS course that will be part of one or more CHAMP projects

Contains 100% of CCNS competenciesAddresses all CCNS topic areas but can include

more than are in the CCNS content guide

What courses are you working on?

Could be used in its entirety by consortium members who are offering the same course

Could be used in parts by those looking for content, activities or assessments for the same course

Will be published in OER to share with other practitioners

How will the master course be used?

Basics

Organize by competencies and topicsDon’t use unit numbers, weeks or dates

Include all of the course elementsKeep in mind that consortium members will

need to access the course

Course elements

Course informationContent

ActivitiesAssessmentFeedback loops

Course information

SyllabusGrading matrix

Grading rubricsIndustry standard testing information

Content

Readings

Lectures

HandoutsUser manualsPresentationsVideosSimulations

Activities

Application exercises

ProjectsWorksheetsSimulations

Assessment

TestsQuizzesDemonstrations

PapersProjects

Feedback loop

Discussion posts

Grading/rubric outcomesInstructor critiquesSurveysEvaluations

Available organizational tool

Includes all of the design elements

COETC examples in OER

Other tools?

The Course Map

Creating the Master

Work with your team to complete the Master courseD2LGoogle DocsOther?

Discussion vs. collaboration = choose the right tool

Write to a broader audience

Publishing

Sharing the Master CourseTeam Lead

Publishing to OERTeam Lead to ID

Team Lead To Brenda (if no ID)

Questions

CC BY License

This Workforce Solution presentation by Bitsy Cohn with the  Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.cccs.edu.