Davis, Mamie

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The Instructional Design Process for Distance Education Mamie Davis Advisors: Michael Daku Justice Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks  Development – Spring ‘13  1st Meeting with eLearning – created course goals and Blackboard shell 1st Meeting with Advisor – discussed course content and organization iTeach Instructional Design course – learned about technical and legal aspects of design, information fluency and methods for delivering content Creation of course content to be put online 2nd Meeting with Advisor – reevaluated how much information to put in outline, introduced a better method of online discussion Fall ‘13 - Delivery   Project Overview: Take traditional Justice 358: Juvenile Delinquency course and put it online.  Objectives: -Understand the instructional design process  -Establish repeatable steps to putting a traditional course online -Provide examples for making online courses more rigorous to meet Honor’s credit standards -Assist UAF Justice Dept. in making a Justice B.A. entirely achievable online  “Finding alternative ways of communicating information is extremely important in our global world, not to mention in Alaska.” Instructional Design: Creation of instructional experience which makes learning more efficient, effective and appealing. Course implementation was successful, but highlighted problems that should be address: Development issues: - Effective coursework to achieve objectives - Timeline to upload desire materials Implementation issues: - Provide discussion grading criteria - Determine feedback methods - Create a make-up policy  Summer ‘13 -Full course registration -Initial student learning curve for discussion board -Provided individual and group feedback to address issues -Late submission issues – develop make-up procedure -Decrease in student participation - near end of semester  Facilitation of discussion board: 

The Instructional Design Process for Distance Education

The Instructional Design Process for Distance Education Mamie Davis Advisors: Michael Daku Dr. Gary Laursen Justice Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks  Groundwork  1st Meeting with eLearning – created course goals and Blackboard shell 1st Meeting with Advisor – discussed course content and organization iTeach Instructional Design course – learned about technical and legal aspects of design, information fluency and methods for delivering content Creation of course content to be put online 2nd Meeting with Advisor – reevaluated how much information to put in outline, introduced a better method of online discussion Roadmap   Fall 2013: -course offered online -act as a TA for course -facilitate online discussion -establish Honor’s section requirements -review course via student survey and self critique Winter 2013: -incorporate student recommendations into course -revise and fix any problems Spring 2014: -offer revised course -stacked course with Honors section -act as TA for course -facilitate online discussion/ video conferencing Project Overview: Take traditional Justice 358: Juvenile Delinquency course and put it online, create an Honor’s section.  Objectives: -Understand the instructional design process  -Establish repeatable steps to putting a traditional course online -Provide examples for making online courses more rigorous to meet Honor’s credit standards -Assist UAF Justice Dept. in making a Justice B.A. entirely achievable online -Assist UAF Honor’s Program in providing more Honor’s courses online for rural Honor’s students  “Finding alternative ways of communicating information is extremely important in our global world, not to mention in Alaska.” Instructional Design: Creation of instructional experience which makes learning more efficient, effective and appealing. Student Surveys & Self Critique: How many times was course content revised prior to being offered? Did the fall course go smoothly? If there were problems, how were they handled? What were the student reviews of the course? How many of the reviews were incorporated into the spring course? Did the spring course go better or worse than fall? Was the honors course well received? Rigorous enough? Differentiate between technical problems and course content problems.  

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