Conquering the Content
Subtitle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Web-based Course Development (Online Teaching and Learning Series (OTL))
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: April 11, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780787994426
Subjects: Computer-aided learning (CAL); Curriculum planning & development; Open learning & distance education; Education; Education / Teaching; Higher; Education / Higher; College teaching; Design; Web-based instruction
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: The Author.; title: 1 Design with Learning in Mind.; title: Learning in the Twenty-First Century.; title: Advantages to Having a Course Online.; title: How Web-based Learning Is the Same as Classroom Learning.; title: Learning Styles.; title: Think “Learning,”Not “Teaching”.; title: The Online Student’s Environment.; title: How Web-Based Learning Is Different from Classroom Learning.; title: Action Steps.; title: 2 Design with the Future in Mind It’s Okay to Be Uncomfortable.; title: The Future Will Be Here Sooner Than You Think.; title: Creating the Outline.; title: The Learning Guide.; title: The Modules.; title: File Systems.; title: Managing Course Structure.; title: Action Steps.; title: 3 Design with Assessment in Mind.; title: Self-Assessment.; title: Authentic Assessments.; title: Quizzes.; title: Teaching for the Long Term.; title: Questions for First-Time Web-Based Instructors.; title: Action Steps.; title: 4 Design with Organization in Mind.; title: Learning Guide Development.; title: Elements of the Learning Guide.; title: Prioritizing in Creating Your Course.; title: Resource Gathering.; title: Web-Based Aspects of the Course.; title: Choosing the Most Important Topics.; title: Instructional Guidance.; title: Action Steps.; title: 5 Design with Content in Mind.; title: Introduction to Chunking.; title: How the Brain Processes Information.; title: Chunking for a Text-Based Lecture or Content Presentation.; title: Bridges.; title: Active Learning Opportunities.; title: Prioritizing Course Development and Revisions.; title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Chunking.; title: Action Steps.; title: 6 Design with Process in Mind.; title: Best Practices.; title: Design Using Someone Else’s Mind.; title: Action Step.; title: 7 Design with Navigation in Mind.; title: Student Access to Module Components.; title: Continuous Improvement.; title: Documenting for Revisions.; title: Link Rot.; title: Where to Go from Here.; title: Action Steps.; title: What You Have Conquered!; title: Appendix A: Forms.; title: Appendix B: Action Steps.; title: Appendix C: American Association for Higher Education’s Nine.; title: Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning.; title: Appendix D: Design and Development Tasks.; title: Notes: Ideas for Application.; title: References.; title: Index