10 Tips to
Designing Your
Course Masterpiece
Larry Lambert
November 20, 2013
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10 Tips to
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Course Masterpiece
Larry Lambert
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Open yourself Up
Using a Simple
Acronym, the ten
steps to
creating your
course
masterpiece
begins with you:
= Commit. . .
=
Evaluate.
“Education is the ability to listen
to almost anything without losing
your temper or your
self-confidence.”. . . .
. .
~Robert Frost
American Poet
=
Analyze.
=
Communicate.
=
Have
. .
. .
fun!. . .
Organize.
Name.
. .
. .
Listen.
“Education is a progressive discovery of
. .
Imitate.
. .
Nuance.
. .
Evaluate.
. .
our own ignorance.” . . .
~Will Durant
Writer
Commit. . . to the
quality you want
in your online
course. Make it
your goal to be as
good as you can.
What does it look
like?
Commit
“I am learning all the time. The tombstone
will be my diploma. . . .”
~Eartha Kitt
Actor
Evaluate
Evaluate. . . Your
course content to
ensure it is
professional and
lends itself to the
learning outcomes.
Analyze. . . The
framework of your
course shell. Is it set
up and easy for your
students to understand?
No more than three
clicks still applies
Communicate
Analyze
Communicate. . .
Use your Learning
Management System
features to
encourage
consistent
communication and
interaction
between
Have Fun!.
. .
you and
Understand
thisyour
is
students
an opportunity
that has few
creative
limitations. Make
it a stress-free
environment.
Have fun!
“The most useful piece of learning for
the uses of life is to unlearn what is
untrue. . .”
- Antisthenes
Greek Philosopher
Organize
Organize. . .
Your content
needs to be
placed in your
course in an
understandable
way.
“I had a terrible education. I attended a
school for emotionally disturbed
teachers” . . . .
~Woody Allen
Actor/Director
Name
everything
Name it!. . . Your
online course is a
permanent record of
your activity and what
you take for granted
is new and scary to
online students
Listen
Listen. . . Give lots
of opportunities for
you as a faculty to
listen to your
students. Surveys,
Journals, wikis, blogs
even social media
“If you think your teacher is tough, wait
until you get a boss. He doesn't have
tenure.” . . .
~ Bill Gates
Imitate
Imitate. . . Take
advantage of the
successes of
others and build
on their ideas
Microsoft Founder
Nuance.
Evaluate.
Evaluate. . .
Take time to
debrief yourself
when the class is
over. Leave your
ego at the door
and look at what
you can do better
next time
Nuance. . . Little
things mean a lot.
Dates on assignments,
spelling, how much
you care reflects in
your course details.
“The only fence against the world is having
a thorough knowledge of it” . . .
~John Locke
English Philosopher
“Most of us end up with no more
than five or six people who
remember
us.
Teachers
have
thousands
of
people
who
remember them for the rest of
their lives”. . . .
~ Andy Rooney
Radio & Television Writer
An online class is a permanent record of
your ability to imbue your student’s
learning success. . .
~ Larry Lambert
• University of Central Florida:
http://teach.ucf.edu/pedagogy/bestpractices/
• Faculty Focus:
http://www.facultyfocus.com/free-reports/principles-of-effective-online-teaching-best-practices-in-distance-education/
• Designing for Learning:
http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html
• WCET Instructional Technology Council: (PDF)
http://wcet.wiche.edu/wcet/docs/cigs/studentauthentication/BestPractices.pdf
• Cincinnati State:
http://www.cincinnatistate.edu/online/news/ten-tips-and-best-practices-for-developing-and-teaching-distance-education
• The Sloan Consortium:
http://sloanconsortium.org/effective
• University of Maryland:
http://www.umuc.edu/ctl/upload/bestpractices.pdf
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