Online Learning: An Overview
Activity


Working with a colleagues, choose an online course from the World Lecture Hall or one of ION's MVCR couurses listed below and critique it with respect to the topics presented in the workshop. After completing the critiques, be prepared to make a 3-5 minute presentation of your findings to the class.

  1. With your partner, choose one of the courses below to critique OR go to the World Lecture Hall and find a course in your subject matter:


    Online Learning: An Overview
    URL: http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/online/course1/index.htm

    Technology Tools for Online Learning
    URL: http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/online/TechTools/jun00/index.html

     Web Design Principles
    URL: http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/online/webdesign/index.html

    Student Assessment in Online Courses
    URL: http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/online/assessment/index.html

    Training Faculty to Use Technology
    http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/online/train/mar00/index.html

    2. Use the checklists below to determine if the course chosen is appropriate for an online learning environment from the information presented in today's workshop.

Online Course Components:

-Discussion forum
-Web Resources
-Online Quizzing
-Offline Individual Study
-Collaborative Learning
-"Deliverables" (Homework, group projects, papers, etc.)
-Other...
List the various interactive components of the chosen online course:
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Does the Curriculum...
(Look at the Syllabus)

...have clear, achievable Learning Objectives? ______

...make use of Appropriate Technologies? ______

...reflect the Collaborative Nature of online learning? ______
  • contain organized modules with clear deadlines?
  • provide alternative modes of content delivery other than "lecture"?
  • focus on applications and critical thinking?
  • generate continuous dialog?
  • reflect a student centered learning environment?

Is the Technology...

 What technologies are used? ______________________________

... the "Best Tools" to Deliver the Course Content? ______

...Accessible and Affordable? ______

...User Friendly and Reliable? ______

...Seamless and Transparent? ______

...explained in a student Orientation? ______

Overall Critique:

 Based on the items used in your review of this online course, would you use the same format for curriculum, technologies, and interactive components for your own course? What would you keep and what would you change?
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