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Developing Your Online Course - Carolina Online Teacher Program

This course is required for completion of the Carolina Online Teacher Program.

Developed by Adria Kempner

This course is part of LEARN NC's catalog of online courses for teachers. Please see the current offerings at the bottom of this page for information about when it may next be taught.

About this course

  • Audience: teachers

Participants are encouraged to complete the Prior Approval Form and file it with your local school system to ensure your school will award the appropriate CEUs.

Disability Statement

If you have a learning or other disability and you want to request special accommodations to ensure equal access to education through LEARN NC, then please contact your instructor. The information that you provide will be kept confidential.

In Developing Your Online Course, you will put into practice the design and development strategies you learned throughout the COLT program.

You will begin by first creating a framework for developing an entire online course. Secondly, you will go through the process of building one complete learning module, with specific focus on the process of producing the content, learning activities, and assessments of activities for one unit of the online course you are creating.

By the end of this course, you should have the basic outline and tools to fully develop an online course and the materials ready to use in an actual instructional setting for one unit or week of a course.

Participants will be expected to fully participate in discussions, individual assignments, field tests, and peer reviews.

Prerequisites

Course objectives

  • Learn the pedagogy of online courses through readings, participant research, and experiences
  • Create a framework and process for developing an entire online course
  • Develop the content, documents, and layout for one complete learning module of your future course
  • Conduct peer reviews and tests of your lessons to ensure their effectiveness
  • Research and develop methods of assessing students beyond simple courseware quizzes
  • Compile a notebook of learning techniques and tools you’ll use in designing, developing and teaching your own online course
  • Review fair-use and copyright laws
  • Understand and analyze online teaching standards

Audience

This course is appropriate for teachers of all subjects and grade levels who wish to teach online.

Time commitment

7-10 hours per week

Current offerings

Begins November 9.

This course is open for enrollment. Enroll in this course

Begins April 12.

This course is open for enrollment. Enroll in this course