EDTECH 03  Tools for Online Teaching 

                                                        3 units lecture - Online  

Introduction:

As part of a four-course training program, Tools for Online Teaching is essential to assist participants in exploring the special requirements of online curriculum development and provides tools and processes for meeting these requirements.

 

Catalogue Description:

 

This course, EDTECH 03, is designed to assist learners in adapting, transforming, and/or creating new curricula for online delivery using available technology. The course includes identifying available tools and exploring the technical environment that would best deliver a course online.  The focus is on determining what tools work best and how they can be used to the benefit of the teacher and students.

 

Short Description: This course explores the available tools for effective online delivery.

 

Prerequisite:  Introduction to Online Teaching

 

Course Objectives:

 

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate an awareness of current topics in online teaching
• Find the right mix of technology
• Understand that there is no one-size-fits all in online teaching
• Understand the pitfalls in online environments
• Recognize and identify the strength and weakness of various modes of asynchronous and synchronous communication by visiting and critiquing academic online courses
• Experiment with real-life online situations and appraise various online technologies for potential use 
• Investigate and evaluate successful online programs
• Explore how to facilitate online discussion
• Examine what systems will work best for course requirements
• Examine the technical environment that will best deliver a course online
• Determine what options for communication best suit the course environment
• Use internet recourses to supplement an online curriculum 

Description of Course Content:

This course is offered in 8 weeks.  You will be able to access lectures, complete assignments, and interact with me and other class members via your computer.

Class activities include: 

Reading lectures and supplementary materials, participating in online discussions, submitting papers on assigned problems and analyzing submitted papers from other class members.

Folders

We will use a number of folders to organize the course: EDTEC02 WEEK 1, ETECH02 WEEK 2 etc.. All work for the week will be done within the designated weekly folder.

 

n each folder, I will present detailed information on the week's assignment and lecture material; you will use the folder to di scuss the assignment, do class activities, ask questions, submit projects, and do peer review. 

 

There will be other folders: EDTECH02 CYBER-CAFE for chatting and general comments outside the classroom. EDTECH02 BIOGRAPHIES where each of us will submit a biography.

 

Course Requirements:

• Reading assignments and lectures
• Responding online to session topics, reading and homework assignments
• Completing assignments
• Join in a chat discussion
• Evaluate and compare two online courses
• evaluate and compare two software packages
• Completing one final project
• Reviewing the final project of two classmates

Textbooks

All students must have their own book and materials.

Required Reading (available through an online book store such as Amazon.com
Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, ORDER Your Texts

Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (3rd Edition) -- by M. D. Roblyer (Author); Paperback Buy new: $75.00 -- from: $60.00

http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_roblyer_integratin_3/0,5781,281780-,00.html 

Recommended Reading
Williams, Robin, Non Designers Web Book
This is a primer on how to create web pages. It provides simple but important tips on how to create web pages and how to make them look good.

Paloff/Pratt, Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace, Jossey-Bass, 1999, 0-7879-4460-2
This book explores issues in teaching and learning when "learning leaves the classroom." It delves into the strategies for creating an environment where students interact in learning communities.

"Making Instruction Work", Mager, R.F., Center for Effective Performance. Atlanta: 1998.
Easy to read book on instructional design.

Krug, Don't Make Me Think.
This is a brilliant, fun book to read on interface design.

The Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide at
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
This online style guide is the original "stone tablet" for web page design. Translated in technology years, it is a classic resource.

Preparation for taking an online course

Evaluation:

 

Your grades will be based on the individual assignments, class participation and the final project.   Grades will be based on the following point system: