Distance Learning, Faculty Online Tutorial - Site Design
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Yale Style Manual (requires Netscape/IE 3.0 or higher) discusses page design, navigation structure, graphics, and multimedia. The site includes an appendix.
Purpose & Philosophy
How to Develop an Online Course is a step-by-step guide to developing online courses, from planning an online course to building an online course site...a wealth of resources and tips for both.
What Do You Need to Consider in Planning to Teach Online? discusses the fact that teaching online requires a "...new way of thinking...” This website discusses how to present information by utilizing the nature of an online class. This is the most helpful part of the website. It goes on to inform us how to create and encourage discussions.
VSCC Distance Learning Manual is available at this location. See the "VSCC DL Manual" link on the bottom left of the page.
Distance-Educator.com contains information for learners, instructors, and designers with links and articles related to policy, research, programs, and more.
Design Strategy
TBR Regents On-line Degree is the starting page for information related to the degrees.
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/ site consists of two modules. The first focuses on using Web-based technologies to design online courses and links to over 40 examples of Web-enabled assignments from a variety of disciplines. Each is briefly described, with notes on the Web-based technologies employed. The second module concerns delivery in online courses, offering six interviews (video, audio, and transcript) "on significant dimensions of online teaching, with particular emphasis on managing interaction."
Planning a College Course describes the planning process for creating a college course, in general...not written for online learning in particular, the concepts and planning process are similar. The information is practical and concise, making it easy to use as a review for experienced teachers. The steps outlined below are a good place to start when designing a course. Step 1: Define Your View of the Purposes of Education Step 2: Set Course Goals Step 3: Select Course Content Step 4: Arrange Course Content Step 5: Consider Student Goals and Characteristics Step 6: Choose Instructional Modes Step 7: Select Readings and Activities Step 8: Write a Syllabus Step 9: Plan to Get Student Feedback Step 10: Seek Advice from Colleagues and Experts
Planning your course: A decision guide step by step guide for planning a college level course from the very beginning (thinking of an idea) to writing the syllabus
Structure/Hierarchy
Information Architecture Tutorial Information architecture is the science of figuring out what you want your site to do and then constructing a blueprint before you dive in and put the thing together
Samples
Distance Learning on The Net provides links to Colleges and Other Schools for on-line courses
World Lecture Hall publishes links to pages created by faculty who are using the Web to deliver course materials
Navigation
GoodDocuments.com shows how to write everyday documents for the web and how to organize when your main target is linked pages.
