How to develop an internetbased course

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How to developan internet-based course

• Bridget Khursheed
• TALL

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Agenda

• Course development plan
• Course development specifics
• Case study Certificate of Computing
• Limitations of this approach
• Alternatives
• Questions and answers

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Course development plan

• Identifying course model
• Information gathering
• Defining course components
• Developing course development plan
• course as a whole
• course by units
• Assembling the course team

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Content development

• Identifying content
• Teaching components
• Author/developer relationship
• Drafts/review program
• Internal assessment
• External assessment

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Navigation and design

• The importance of logical structure
• Screen furniture v content navigation
• Spine/learning component approach
• Testing the pilot
• Extensibility
• Design that works for a living

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Graphics

• Beware
• graphics for the sake of graphics
• animations
• large graphics
• demanding palettes
• Holistic look and feel
• Graphics review

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Forums

• Meeting place for students and tutors
• Virtual classroom
• Requires new technical and pedagogical skills

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Self tests

• Ongoing self-assessment for students
• Re-enforce learning objectives
• Provide marks and evaluation
• Can be monitored for evidence of course
  participation

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Audiographicsand other plug-ins

• Combination of sound and slideshows
• Varies presentations methods
• Technical requirements
• Plug-ins put extra demands on students
• Acrobat
• Flash animation

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Fine-tuning

• FAQs
• Print files
• Search
• Help
• Glossary
• Reading lists and links

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Working with students online

• Email
• Forums
• IT support line

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Working with tutors online

• Handbook
• Induction
• Ongoing reports
• Email list
• Tutor-only forum

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Assessment

• Server logs
• Forum logs
• Tutor assessment
• Assignments

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Evaluation

• Fill-in forms
• by unit
• for course as a whole
• Email surveys
• Subject specialist
• External assessor
• Teaching Quality Assurance

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Usability

• Pilot group testing
• use the results to write up requirements
• throw away the pilot
• Ongoing testing
• results fed into course during development
• review of requirements at set intervals

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Case studyCertificate in Computing
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Limitations of this approach

• Technical
• Tutors
• Students
• Usability
• Ongoing maintenance
• HTML model

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HTML model
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Alternatives

• Database model
• XML model

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Database model
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XML model
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Conclusion

• Early days
• ...but continuous research allows us to keep on
  improving

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Questions and answers

• For more information, contact bridget.khursheed_at_c
  onted.ox.ac.uk