The content of online courses should be very informative and includes variety of media so that the learning process of students is directed positively towards the objectives of the course
Having a well-planned and executed online course will help students not only want to learn but feel a sense of comfort in their learning.
Being able to acknowledge that online courses do have some benefits and taking that knowledge to develop courses will help build a good learning base.
Reply to Maria Jimenez's post: I admire how pleased you are with your school's syllabi and course design. I'm curious, what woud you like to see changed or improved?
Course Integrity = Sound foundation to the success of the online course design. Interaction and engagement opportunities must be built in so students see how relevant their learning is to their academic growth and that of their peers.
Engaging interaction - keeps students attentive and learning
This is interetsing. I think good online courses need to have a lot of discussion.
I loved learning about the history of distance education. I didn't know it went back ti the 1700s.
Diverse course design with multiple types of avtivites stimulates student interest in the course.
It is important to have interactive courses in order to appeal to all learning syles.
Online Courses still need to be interactive with Discussion and strong feeback on questions with the use Intellectual Interaction. Navigation needs be simple and relevent to the learner to encourage quality participatoin. Online will continue to grow qnd improve in development of disntant learning.
The activity pyramid was a good.
The importance of engaging learners in multi-sensory experience focused their attention is so necessary. We are regularly very different but on this day the situation needs to increase much more the retention levels for content and learners.
Learned some history of online courses.Design of the course should be based on modules,lessons and topics.Navigational simplicity is important to navigate through the course content.Course should include activities to engage learners with the instructor and with other students.
I agree that it needs to be easy to navigate from the very beginning and throughout so as not to lose the students interest. Also incorporating different learning styles is key so it doesn't get boring.
Interaction modules are very important
I have learned that having a quality online course means that you must have all of the quality engagement areas that will stimulate all learners no matter their learning style. That means that one must be adept at communicating the same information in several ways.
Structural Integrity enables better navigation which lends itself to a better student centered learning experience.
I can now appreciate how, for many learners, an online (or correspondence) course can provide an enhanced learning experience with better learning retention compared to a traditional in-person course. This amazing result is possible because an online course can provide and integrate a variety of methods to engage the student - video, audio, chat, discussion boards, knowledge checks, and so on. By varying the way that content is delivered and discussed, the instructor--through an online course--can reach the varied learning styles of students.
Quality learning and quality interaction is key to design and development.
