Course Development Cycle

概述

Welcome to the Development Cycle page. This page describes the development cycle that the Instructional Design group in the Center for Teaching, 学习, 和设计(CTLD)提供给皇冠体育官网讲师.

CTLD提供两个课程开发周期:

1. Spring Cycle – Starts mid-January and concludes either May (for courses taught that summer) and end of July (for courses being taught that fall)
2. Fall Cycle – Starts mid-August and concludes at the end of December (for courses being taught the following spring)

乍一看，参与课程设计周期包括:

• 投入100个小时来开发内容, learning objectives, record multimedia, 评估, 等.
• 每周开会讨论、计划和完成你的项目
• 此外，CTLD ID集团将与您合作:
  • 提供约150小时的教学设计、媒体和项目管理支持
  • 进行课程前和课程后的审核，重点关注可访问性, 丹佛州立大学的在线课程设计标准 , 以及执行质量问题非正式同行评审和建议
  • 创建多媒体演示/讲座，以配合章节, 核心概念, 以及讲师介绍和课程概述视频, 为了提高你在整个课程中的存在感
  • 与您合作制定所有学习目标的一致性图, 指令, 和评估/assignments
  • Chunk material into 学习 Modules and add graphical representations to enhance the student user interface
  • Develop a communication strategy to enhance a sense of community and engagement with students
  • Provide technical support, 培训, as well as collaborate with you on pedagogical and andragogical considerations and best practices to enhance the design of your course
  • 支持您采用、调整或创建开放教育资源(OERs)的努力

While the above is a general list, we partner with faculty members on each course design project to collaboratively design a development strategy that uniquely fits their needs. Additional details are available below.

The Course Development Cycle

Participation in the course development cycle is intended for either existing courses that will undergo review and revision or brand new courses that are being developed for the first time. 课程开发周期一年两次(秋季或春季学期). The purpose of the course development cycle is to increase the quality of online courses in aspects of instructor presence, 教材与课程目标的一致性, accessible course content, 和更多的. The “quality” of a course is determined during final audits at the end of the cycle (PROCES, 质量问题, 可访问性, and quality control). PROCES is a set of course design standards developed by a committee of 密歇根州立大学丹佛 faculty. A copy of the standards can be provided to instructors at the beginning of the development cycle.

Within a development cycle you can expect on-going support from an assigned Instructional Design team including experts in both 指令al design and 指令al media throughout the process. The development cycle begins with you attending an initial kickoff meeting with your ID and IDM to discuss goals, 责任, and a schedule for the project. Throughout the cycle, 作为主题专家，你要负责采购, 创建, and selecting content for the course. ID和IDM在整个过程中为您提供支持. 一般, you can expect to attend a one-hour weekly meeting with your ID and spend at least 5 hours a week on developing your course. Some tasks include the following:

• 完善/撰写课程学习目标和模块学习目标
• Developing 活动, assignments, 和评估 that align with the learning objectives
• Sourcing (searching, 创建, editing) 指令al materials (texts, videos, podcasts, 等.) and uploading to SharePoint
• Completing a shared design document that provides appropriate introductions and context for chosen 指令al materials
• 与他们的IDM会面，计划和录制媒体
• 根据ID和IDM对材料的评论反馈编辑内容

Please refer to the Instructional Design and Instructional 媒体 sections lower on this page for details about the 责任 of the ID and IDM.

The ID and IDM for each project will work closely with you to set a development schedule for tasks and materials to encourage the project to be completed by the end of the cycle. 不幸的是, 由于需求, 课程的开发不能超过开发截止日期.

At the end of the cycle, 每门课程都将经过几次审核，包括可访问性, 质量问题, 过程标准 (密歇根州立大学丹佛 具体的), and quality control. You will also have the opportunity to view the course in its entirety and provide feedback. The ID for each project will shepherd the course through reviews and serve as a main line of communication to you during remediation of content. 而id将根据审查反馈提供建议, 关于内容的最终决定权仍在您手中.

When the cycle concludes, ID会将新创建的课程复制到您选择的Canvas shell中. In addition, you will also receive a detailed final report summarizing the course development.

请注意:课程开发协议完成 

Instructors participating in a course development will sign a course development agreement with the Office of Online 学习 for the duration of the development cycle. Final courses will be reviewed by the PROCES committee to determine if the developed course meets the required criteria (QM standards, 过程标准, 可访问性 criteria, 等.).

Instructional Design

The CTLD offers a wide variety of collaborative course design services as part of the development cycle. The Instructional Designer (ID) assigned to the course will serve as project manager and design expert, supporting you with your project. You will have a set amount of the ID’s time to “spend” on 指令al design services (covered more in the paragraph below).

Responsibilities of the ID include:

• 为内容设置开发时间表(日程安排、提醒、总结)
• Advising on alignment of objectives, materials, 活动, assignments, 评估, 和更多的
• Suggesting opportunities for scaffolds, 模拟, 知识检查, 互动和创造性的学习活动, 和更多的
• 搜索ing for free, accessible resources/content to either replace current textbooks or supplement course materials
• 开放教育资源支持(OER):寻找和开发资源, 向导师咨询资源, 编辑资源以使其适合课程, 以及在课程中实施OER的其他方法
• 审查所有内容的可访问性和版权和, 在某些情况下, remediating content to meet ADA, 第508节, WCAG 2.1指导方针
• 使用讲师提供的内容和材料建立画布课程
• 指导课程通过所有周期结束评审，并作为流程专家, 质量问题, 可访问性, and Quality Control
• Writing the final course report

虽然有些任务是内置于周期(开发计划)中的, 可访问性, end-of-cycle reviews), each project will have a budget of 令牌 (一个令牌=一个小时的时间)用于服务. 这使你能够掌控如何花费项目时间, 并根据自己的需要优先考虑工作.

项目代币的使用将在与您的会议中确定. 你可以选择利用的任务范围很广. This includes support with reviewing course learning objectives to ensure they are clear, 具体的, 可衡量的, and aligned to the course. 其他课程开发服务包括支持您开发内容, instructor presence, 活动, learner interaction, 和评估. id也可用于提供Canvas培训或资源(教程), how-to contact support) so that you will feel confident maintaining the course for years to come.

Instructional 媒体

Each course is also assigned an Instructional 媒体 Developer with an additional media token budget. 您可以使用IDM为您的课程开发各种多媒体项目.

一些典型的课程媒体选择包括:

Instructor Introduction Video

2-3分钟的自我介绍视频, covering such topics as your background, 教育, 爱好, what you like about the course, 和更多的.

Course 概述 Video

一段3-5分钟的介绍课程的视频. 这个视频通常涵盖了入门级的课程主题, an overview of the course structure, course expectations, 和更多的.

Module 概述 Videos

Several 2-3 minute videos where you welcome students to each module and introduce them to the main topic of that module, as well as expectations and objectives.

Lecture/Content Videos

A video (usually 7-10 minutes or longer, 分为多个部分)涵盖课程内容. Lectures typically consist of a visual aid with a voiceover or the instructor presenting and explaining material in front of a camera.

Assignment Walkthrough/ Tutorial Video

一段循序渐进地讲解作业或任务的视频. 视频可以包括图形和可访问的语言，以进一步突出内容.

图形

Some examples of graphics may include 指令al infographics and decorative module banners within the course.

DIY培训

IDM也可能提供自己动手的培训, 其中IDM提供一对一的培训服务(如照明, 家记录, accessible PPTs) with you. 也有有限数量的旅行工具包(展台), 迷你麦克风)，你可以借用在家里录音.

媒体 Remediation

If you have multimedia from a previous course that you’d like to include in your new course, the IDM can work with you to review and remediate issues such as: 可访问性 concerns, outdated sections, audio/video issues, 等.