Module 1
Introduction to DOTS and to Online Course Design
1. Overview & Objectives
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Estimated time to complete Module 1:
~8 hours
Video Overview of Module 1
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[ Transcript - Duration: 2'30"]
Topics
- Introducing DOTS: Instructional design principles, case studies, best practices, and supporting technologies for online course design and delivery
- Building an online class community
- Evaluating online course design using clearly delineated quality standards
- Project- and team-based learning (ongoing throughout DOTS)
- Hardware and software tour of your new tablet computer
Objectives
- Familiarize yourselves with the overall goals, structure, and expectations of DOTS
- Demonstrate understanding of the online instructional design process as it relates to DOTS
- Identify and experience strategies for community building in your online courses, while being cognizant of the accessibility issues confronting online students with disabilities
- Identify, interpret, and apply the online-course-design evaluation standards, outlined by Quality Matters (short form)
- Participate in asynchronous student-student interactions, in low- and high-stakes contexts
- Get acquainted with your new tablet computer and identify its main hardware and software components and functions
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