CLEAR Review Rubric Standard 1.1: Connecting with Your Students
The CLEAR Review Rubric series highlights each individual standard of the CLEAR Review Rubric; the rub Read more about CLEAR Review Rubric Standard 1.1: Connecting with Your Students
The CLEAR Review Rubric series highlights each individual standard of the CLEAR Review Rubric; the rub Read more about CLEAR Review Rubric Standard 1.1: Connecting with Your Students
One of the main concerns with online education continues to be quality. Here at UNT we want to ensure that online offerings meet high standard beginning with online course design. As part of our efforts in this area, we are an institutional subscriber to Quality Matters. Read more about What is Quality Matters?
The materials you select will make up a large portion of your course. No matter what formats you choose to provide course content, it is important to create a setting where the learning outcomes are supported and there is balance, variety, and opportunity for students to engage with the topic in a manner that will assist them in mastering the stated learning outcomes. In this article, we focus on selecting content for online courses with a modular structure. Read more about Selecting Content for Your Online Course
Usually during the first-class meeting of a face-to-face class, the instructor will go over the syllabus and course policies and expectations with students. It is equally important to do this in an online course where the lack of face-to-face interaction can create uncertainty. In this in-depth article, we overview how to design and orient students to your online course at the beginning of the semester. Read more about Orienting Students to Your Online Course
Clear and consistent organization will allow you and your students to focus more on learning the actual content of your course, not only from the beginning of the semester but throughout the remainder of the course. The beginning information in a course along with the course syllabus are both areas where you can answer initial questions up front, prevent some questions from needing to be asked, and/or prevent other problems from coming up. There is no fool-proof perfect way to put a course together – but there are a lot of things that you can do that will make it easier for everyone involved and make it more enjoyable. Read more about Organizing Your Online Course
In a face-to-face course, instructors often spend part of the first-class meeting going over the syllabus and class policies with students. Creating a designated Start Here area in your online course is like this. This is a place where you can include the most important information that students need to know to get off to a good start in your course. A Start Here area also allows you to emphasize things that are important for this course or expectations that you have for how students will interact with the content, each other, and you. Read more about Designing a Start Here Section for Your Online Course
Learning outcomes (or objectives) communicate to students what they should expect to be able to do at various times throughout the course. There are several approaches to crafting outcomes for learning. In this article, we focus on creating learning outcomes for online courses with a modular structure. Read more about Creating Learning Outcomes for Your Online Course
While online courses depend upon technology, technology should not be the focus of the online course; learning should. When considering the use of technology in your course, keep in mind your outcomes and the ways that tools can be used to engage your students and contribute to active learning opportunities. Read more about Choosing Technologies for Your Online Course
A quality online course begins with the design, and that design involves time and planning. There are multiple design approaches and techniques to choose from, as well as a variety of different organization schemes to consider. In this article, we identify beginning considerations and recommendations for designing an online course, whether this is your first time or twentieth time designing an online course. Read more about Beginning Online Course Design
Assessments communicate to both the instructor and the learner whether the learning outcomes (or outcomes) for the course have been mastered. Because of their importance in measuring student progress and success, it is essential that assessments directly measure the stated learning outcomes for the course and modules. Read more about Assessment in Online Learning