Online Teaching Curriculum
Very Early Draft: 03/30/07
These courses are totally online, and should serve to both build faculty
online teaching skills and to model online instruction. Although the
courses can be taken in any order, and the entire sequence does not
need to be completed, this is the recommended order. All are credit/no
credit. We propose to offer them under the ISLS rubric so that all
competent faculty can be instructors.
Online Learning Theory and Practice (1.5 units)
This is a 9-week, live course (weekly deadlines, weekly discussions), initially
offered twice per semester. A Chabot instructor with a Masters in Online
Teaching or equivalent experience/credibility would teach this course.
First offered in Fall 2007. Content includes:
 Overview of online education: trends, drivers, etc.
 Benefits and limitations of online courses, hybrid online courses
 Online student characteristics/motivations
 7 principles of undergraduate education: how do these translate to
the online world?
 Adult learning theory and its application to the online world
 Learning styles, and implications for online learners
 Best practices in online teaching: theory and “stories from the field”
from Chabot online instructors
 Building community in the online classroom
 Academic integrity in the online classroom
 Retention in the online classroom
 Online learning/teaching research
 Exemplary course reviews
 Course evaluation rubrics
Online Class Proposal Design (0.5 units)
This is a self-paced, open entry class, with a completion date that
coincides with proposal submission deadlines. The “final exam” for the
course is submission of a division approved, high quality proposal to the DE
Committee. This course would be taught by the DE Committee Chair (no
incremental cost). Offered once per semester. First offered in Fall 2007.
Content includes:
 Overview of online course review process; connection to Title 5 and
Chabot’s overall course quality goals
 Discipline/division/curriculum roles in course review and offering
 Review of similar courses offered at other colleges
 Definition of need
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Delivery of instruction: modalities, “hours on task”
Technology options and considerations
Instructor-student interaction
Student-student interaction
Evaluation in the online classroom
Designing for accessibility
Gaining support for your proposal
Online Course Construction (2 units)
This is a self-paced, open entry open exit course. Completion of this
course will require actual course website development of the initial 3
weeks of the course, and will result in approval teach the course the
following semester. Offered once per semester. First offered in Spring
2008. As conceived, our Instructional Designer would teach this course
(no incremental cost). Content includes:
 Step-by-step development of course in Blackboard
 Instructions on “taking the course live”
 Plans for continuous improvement
Advanced Topics in Online Instruction (0.5 units)
The preliminary concept for this course is that it will be a “seminar” in
advanced topics, and that the content will change frequently. This will be
a “live” course, with weekly discussions, and will be offered once per
semester with updated topics. This course would be taught by Chabot
instructors with particular expertise on the seminar topic. First offered in
Fall 2008. Potential topics include:
 Audio options in online courses
 Video options in online courses
 Ensuring course accessibility
 New technology for online teaching
 Use of publisher cartridges