Information Technology Services
Date of this Version
2018
Document Type
Article
Citation
Presented at Innovation in Pedagogy and Technology Symposium, University of Nebraska, May 8, 2018.
Abstract
Collaborative course development offers a host of opportunities for academic departments to ensure consistency, maximize resource allocation, and increase scalability of online course offerings. By utilizing a collective design model, a team of content experts (i.e., department faculty), curriculum specialists, instructional designers, and instructional technologists can collaborate to develop dynamic online courses that can be taught by multiple instructors over successive terms. The key to a successful collaborative course design lies in an increased up-front investment of time and resources to ensure a well-designed course that aligns learning objectives, instructional content, activities, and assessments in a manner that is uniquely suited to the pedagogical opportunities inherent in the online environment. But despite the benefits of collaborative course design, it must be integrated in a manner that aligns with the unique context, needs, and resources of each individual department and institution to be effective. Presentation will 1) explore various models for collaborative online course development, 2) discuss return-on-investment for collaborative course design, and 3) examine the role of collaborative course development to promote academic quality and instructional effectiveness in large or growing programs.
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