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Online Teaching and Design

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Course Description:

Ready to build your online course or reboot one that you have been teaching? This 12 week interactive training will guide you with the skills to enhance online course design and instruction.

 

Whether you're building your first online course or revising an existing one, this 12-week series will show you how to create the course you've always dreamed of teaching. You'll explore online learning theory, approaches to online course design, and strategies for supporting student success from within the structure of the four sections of the Online Education Initiative's Course Design Rubric:

  1. Course Design
  2. Interaction
  3. Assessment
  4. Accessibility

The learn-by-doing focus will have you building a powerful sample course in Canvas Sandbox, which you can then use as your own personal course creation blueprint. Fast-paced and innovative, this course is perfect for instructors new to Canvas and/or new to online teaching, while also providing innovative ideas for enhancing existing courses.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • develop a comprehensive course plan for a fully online or hybrid course
  • use the core features of the Canvas course managements system to design an online or hybrid course
  • develop an introductory orientation module
  • develop a learning unit with clear objectives aligned to the course outcomes
  • design accessible course content
  • integrate Open Educational Resources and other material curated from the internet to support student learning
  • design formative and summative assessments to support and measure student learning use a variety of communication tools, both within and external to Canvas, to support student success

Course Time: This training is estimated to take about 20 hours to complete.

SDCOE Innovation Division Innovative Digital Learning Micro-courses are featured in our digital professional learning program for educators to learn technology tools to increase innovation and equitable learning practices. Reflective digital professional learnings provide school districts with innovative solutions for professional growth. These asynchronous and synchronous micro-courses will provide resources, best instructional practices, technology tools, and guided support for educators as they move forward with virtual, blended, and in-person teaching and learning. Educators, administrators, and school staff will learn tips and strategies to support high quality equity and access to distance learning for all students. Integrating these technology resources in instruction will support educators to improve and customize learning for all students.  Be inspired as you access a repository of resources and tutorials that promote a reflective practice to improve equity within distance learning.


Innovative Digital Learning Micro-courses are designed to:

  • enhance educators' technology use for communication, critical-thinking, collaboration, creativity and innovation.
  • support educators to improve and customize instruction for all students in a virtual, blended or in-person classroom.
  • provide asynchronous professional learning options for the teachers (i.e. time, pace, and path).
  • personalize professional  learning for educators (provide multiple entry points, focus on choice-based professional learning, matching the skill levels and content areas of the teachers).

Explore the San Diego County Office of Education Innovative Digital Learning Canvas Catalog

Professional Learning and Tech Research Training Catalog

 

For a listing of other SDCOE Canvas Catalog Courses visit:  https://bit.ly/SDCOECatalog

 

Instructions to Enroll in this course

Click on the Enroll button at the top of this page. Follow the directions for self-enrollment. 


Access the Course

Micro-courses are in the SDCOE Canvas Learning Management System. You will receive an email with directions on how to access the micro-course immediately after registration.  

 

 

Learn More about Innovative Digital Learnings

Innovative Digital Learning Repository Website

 

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