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Let's Design a Course! |
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Leah Brown Dr. Linda Merillat
Participants will explore the templates and resources used to develop online courses available at the online Faculty Support Center. Templates include a Finding Materials Worksheet, Learning Experience Designer Outline, Learning Experience Designer Tool, Course Grading Worksheet and Credit Hour Analysis.
| Audience: | Professional developers, Teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty |
| Skill level: | Intermediate |
| Attendee devices: | Devices required |
| Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Participant accounts, software and other materials: | • Access to a browser – all materials are available at http://www.facultysupport.com/presentations.html. • To participate fully, participants must be able to access and edit Office 365 Word and Excel documents. If using a smart device, participants may need to download Microsoft Word app and Microsoft Excel app. |
| Topic: | Instructional design & delivery |
| ISTE Standards: | For Educators: Designer
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| Additional detail: | ISTE author presentation |
| Disclosure: | The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session |
The purpose of this session is to present a set of course design tools and to demonstrate their use through a collaborative course design exercise.
• Introduction of presenters – 2 minutes
• All participants will go to Faculty Support Center | Presentations to gain access to session materials - http://www.facultysupport.com/presentations.html. – 2 minutes
• All participants will complete opening survey in Survey Monkey to determine Course Type, Grade Level, and Subject Area for course design – 3 minutes
• As a group, we will brainstorm 3 Big Ideas for the course using a shared Word document – 4 minutes
• All participants will use the Finding Materials Worksheet as a guide to identify potential material to include in the course and will document them in shared Word document – 6 minutes
• Learning Experience Designer Outline will be described – 3 minutes
• As a group, we will complete the Learning Experience Designer Outline together. Some participants will be tasked with writing outcomes. Some participants will be tasked with incorporating the materials found in the previous step. Some participants will be asked to use Learning Experience Designer tool to suggest possible learning activities. – 27 minutes
• The primary presenter will incorporate defined activities from previous step into Course Grades Worksheet – 5 minutes
• The primary presenter will incorporate information from previous steps into Credit Hour Analysis – 5 minutes
* Merillat, L. (2020). Interactive Teaching Design: A Design Thinking Framework. Workshop presented at the 2020 Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT) conference, August 5-7, 2020, Virtual.
* Merillat, L. & Scheibmeir, M. (2016). Developing a Quality Improvement Process to Optimize Faculty Success. Online Learning, 20(3) 159-172. Retrieved from https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/977
* Merillat, L. & Scheibmeir, M. (2015). Faculty Enrichment – Online Resources Everyone can Use!. Workshop presented at the 2015 Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT) conference, July 31, 2015, Overland Park, KS.
* Merillat, L. (2015). A Different Creature All Together: Effective Course Design for the On-Line Classes. Professional development workshop presented for C-TEL at Washburn University, March 12, 2015, Topeka, KS.
* Merillat, L. (2013). Improving the Learning Experience through Design. Workshop presented at the 2013 Innovative Technology to Recharge and Connect (iTrac) conference, March 8, 2013, Wichita, KS.
* Merillat, L. (2012). The "Virtual" Faculty Center: A Unique Approach to Faculty Support and Development. Seminar presented at Fort Hays University, March 6, 2012.
* Merillat, L. (2012). Seven Great Ideas to Improve the Learning Experience for your Students. Retrieved from http://www.facultysupport.com/resources/Seven_Great_Ideas_to_Improve_the_Learning_Experience_for_Your_Students.pdf
Leah Brown is a graduate of Washburn University and began her career as an Admissions Counselor in 2014. She transitioned to the role of Associate Director of Online Admissions in 2017 and focused on recruiting alongside faculty of Washburn's School of Nursing. Leah currently serves as the Director of Online Student Services and provides support to students and faculty in many different areas of technology.
Dr. Merillat's experience and skills represent a union between technology, education, and interaction design. In the course of her career she has played many different roles: programmer, systems analyst, business analyst, interaction designer, program manager, project manager, consultant, trainer, educator, instructional designer, researcher, author, and entrepreneur. The common thread running throughout has always been the challenge of how to successfully use and integrate the latest technology into an organization. She currently holds the position of Lecturer/Instructional Designer with the School of Nursing at Washburn University in Topeka, KS.
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