The document summarizes key principles for designing effective online courses and supporting faculty in online course development. It discusses: 1. The role of the instructional designer in creating instructional materials and ensuring quality using tools like instructional theory and the LMS platform. 2. Important considerations for online course design including establishing timeframes and goals, using solid pedagogical principles, mapping courses and modules, setting learning objectives, and aligning assessments. 3. Tips for building quality online courses such as looking at sample courses, identifying aligned content, applying universal design, and using the learning management system.

1. Designing Online Courses and
Supporting Faculty in Online
Course Development
By Sylvia Suh, PhD
Presented at the University of Toledo
Thursday February 25th, 2016

2. The ID’s Job
Some
Principles of
Effective
Online
Course
Design
Online Course
Development
Tips
Kirk Patrick's
Four Levels of
Evaluation

3. What does an Instructional Designer Do?
Instructional Designer
Goal: Create instructional materials
Tools
• Abstract Instructional
Theory and Instructional Design
Process.
• Physical LMS and
Multimedia development
tool.
Quality
Matters

4. Example: How to Create a Concept Map
Merill’s Principles of Instruction
Physical toolAbstract tool Module

5. Instructional Designer
• Subject Matter Expert
• Context
Organizational goals
Rules and Policies
Divisions of Labor
Community

6. Designing Online Courses
Online course design is rooted in the same solid principles of
face-to-face teaching, but requires additional considerations.
Before you start!
• Collect all the materials you use to teach your course.
• Establish a timeframe and goals.
Start with the same pedagogic principles of overall course
design, a good course design philosophy.

7. Steps to Creating a Quality Online Course
1. Map your course by identifying the learning units
2. Map your modules (learning units).

8. Module Map Sample
1. Learning
about the
learner
Syllabus Quiz
Reading
Summary
Cell
Theory
Discussion of
Cell
structure
and
Function
Chapter 1
My name is Sylvia Suh.
Video: What is a cell?
Advanced Organizer for Cell
Organelles. Chapter 1, Pg. 1-1
Video: Cell structure and
organelles.
Reading Summary
For Chapter 1
Advanced Organizer
Aligns with 3
and 4 course
standards

9. Steps to Creating a Quality Online Course
3. Establish your learning unit (module) objectives.
To understand the purpose of learning objectives, let’s use
the six questions (Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why? and
How?).
4. Align your module (activities, assignments, materials/technology
and assessments) to the objectives.
5. Establish clear outcomes to assess learning (Formative (C.A.T.s,
Classroom Assessment Techniques) and summative evaluation,
rubrics)

10. 6. Start building your course.
Strategy 1: Look at Sample Courses
Faculty resources
Introduction to Online Learning
Readiness Survey-Teaching online
Course design
Quality standards
Quality Matters Peer Reviewers
QM Recognized Courses
Evaluating Online Courses

11. Strategy 2: Identify Quality & Aligned Content Materials
Open Educational Resources
Publisher Content
Strategy 3: Going beyond Accessibility; Engage in
Universal Design
Accommodating individual differences.
Strategy 4: Using Blackboard

12. Some Principles of Effective Online
Course Design
1. Use a “Backward Design”: Begin with the learning goals-At the
end of the course, I want my students to be able to...
2. Make your learning objectives clear to the students e.g
Syllabus
3. Imagine your syllabus as a “roadmap” for your students and
yourself.
4. Make sure your syllabus explains clearly the procedures,
policies, requirements, and practical information that will
enable students to succeed in your course

13. Supporting Faculty in Online
Course Development
The relationship between the instructional designer and faculty
member works best when viewed as a collaboration that brings
together the instructor’s content expertise with the instructional
designer’s knowledge of pedagogy and technology.

14. Online Course Development
• Content Preparation
• Institutional support
• Creating the course in Blackboard
• Testing the Course and sign off
Content accuracy
Content display
Internal and external links
Functionality of individual course component
Quality
Matters

15. Online Course Design Evaluation
• Learning Objectives
• Assessment and Measurement
• Instructional Materials
• Course Activities and Learner Interaction
• Course Technology
• Learner support
• Accessibility and Usability
• Overall Design

16. Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation