The power of an online course comes from careful planning and intentional design. Blending the concepts of backward design with universal design with hands-on practice, you’ll gain mastery in the skills needed to purposefully design an engaging, high-quality online course that captures–and keeps–your students’ attention. You’ll leave with a robust plan and the solid foundation of your newly envisioned course.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• discuss the value of using the OEI Course Design Rubric to design a quality online course,
• use backward design principles to start a course plan;
• plan online learning units with measurable outcomes;
• determine “next steps” for building an online course.

Fulfills

This course is the introductory course of the Online Teaching & Design Certificate, and fulfills Section A: Course Design.

Duration: 4 weeks

Time Commitment: approximately 10 hours per week, for a total of 40 hours

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate. To get the most from this course, you should have some familiarity with online teaching and with Canvas. This course is a recommended starting point for the Online Teaching & Design Certificate.

Optional Continuing Education Credit

Participants in this course can seek optional professional development/continuing education credits by dual-enrolling.  A separate fee to the university for graduate-level credit will apply.  To learn more, visit Course & CEU Information

Enroll: https://catalog.onlinenetworkofeducators.org/courses/56351/enrollment/new