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Essentials of Online Course Design: A Standards-Based Guide
In spite of the proliferation of online learning, creating online courses can still evoke a good deal of frustration, negativity, and wariness in those who need to create them. The second edition of Essentials of Online Course Design takes a fresh, thoughtfully designed, step-by-step approach to online course development. At its core is a set of standards that are based on best practices in the field of online learning and teaching. Pedagogical, organizational, and visual design principles are presented and modeled throughout the book, and users will quickly learn from the guide’s hands-on approach. The course design process begins with the elements of a classroom syllabus which, after a series of guided steps, easily evolve into an online course outline.
The guide’s key features
Essentials of Online Course Design serves as a best practice model for designing online courses. After reading this book, readers will find that preparing for online teaching is a satisfying and engaging experience. The core issue is simply good pedagogical, organizational, and visual.
For more of Marjorie Vai in her own words, listen to this 2011 interview from the On Teaching Online
The guide’s key features
Essentials of Online Course Design serves as a best practice model for designing online courses. After reading this book, readers will find that preparing for online teaching is a satisfying and engaging experience. The core issue is simply good pedagogical, organizational, and visual.
For more of Marjorie Vai in her own words, listen to this 2011 interview from the On Teaching Online
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 5, 2011
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February 1, 2015
If you are brand-new to teaching -- either in the classroom or online -- this book provides foundational information. If you have experience teaching, it is less helpful.
Very quick read.
Very quick read.
October 8, 2018
The information was clear, concise, and useful. The writing style was a bit self-satisfied, however it was overall an excellent introduction to online teaching for a beginner like myself.
May 2, 2019
Extremely actionable
This book is like a user checklist on developing an online course. Highly recommended; totally practical tidbits like technical details one might forget.
This book is like a user checklist on developing an online course. Highly recommended; totally practical tidbits like technical details one might forget.
September 18, 2015
"By the way, we need you to teach an online section of your course next semester."
Are you a faculty member who's just heard this, has never taught online, and begun panicking about what this means for you? Then I absolutely recommend you pick this book up. It's a no-nonsense, no-fluff manual designed to help you hit the ground running. It's concise, full of checklists, and easy to flip open and dip into at any point.
If you're an instructional designer, you should already know most of this stuff, though you'd probably find the checklists handy. It would also serve as a good example of content organization if you're designing training for faculty teaching online.
One star off for mentioning the debunked notion of learning styles one too many times.
Are you a faculty member who's just heard this, has never taught online, and begun panicking about what this means for you? Then I absolutely recommend you pick this book up. It's a no-nonsense, no-fluff manual designed to help you hit the ground running. It's concise, full of checklists, and easy to flip open and dip into at any point.
If you're an instructional designer, you should already know most of this stuff, though you'd probably find the checklists handy. It would also serve as a good example of content organization if you're designing training for faculty teaching online.
One star off for mentioning the debunked notion of learning styles one too many times.
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