Supporting Faculty Through The Course Development Process

Supporting Faculty Through The Course Development Process

Joan Butler, Senior Instructional Designer

Daph Crane, Senior Instructional Designer

Distance Education and Learning TechnologiesMemorial University

October 2009

Agenda

• Overview of Memorial University• Course Development Process• Supporting Faculty• Questions

Memorial University

• Located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (population 550,000)

• Largest university in Atlantic Canada

• 17,500 full time students • 100 plus degree programs• 4 Campuses

DELT- Distance Education and Learning Technologies

• 40 years of distance education experience• 350 plus online courses • 17,000 annual course registrations • 90 employees involved in

course design and development multi-media production multimedia classroom management faculty development student support marketing

• ISO 9001:2008 Registered

Faculty Support Model

Activity

• What support is needed for faculty during the course development process?

Course Development

• Collaborate with faculty to:o Define learning outcomes/objectiveso Determine assessment and evaluationo Design and develop learning activitieso Determine appropriate synchronous

and asynchronous tools

Course Development Team

• Course development support team Faculty member(s), SMEs Senior instructional designer Assistant to instructional designer Video/audio producer Multimedia producer Copyright officer Librarian Training officer

Initial Meeting

• Determines the philosophy of faculty member, purpose of course 

• Develops/defines relationship• Introduces faculty to course development

process & team environment• Determines knowledge of online course

development and requirements• Facilitates transition from on campus to

online learning

Team Meeting

• Introduces faculty to team environment• Provides forum to discuss how to

incorporate technology/multimedia in course

• Provides background on copyright requirements

• Provides information on variety of library resources

• Establishes timelines for team support

Team Meeting

Contract Review

• Reviews development timelines• Outlines ownership and copyright issues• Reviews procedures for revisions and

changes• Discusses remuneration options• Reviews various roles and

responsibilities

Team Support

• Ongoing support throughout development processo Learning outcomeso Assessment/evaluationo Learning activitieso Community buildingo Internationalization of curriculumo Copyright articles, imageso Library resourceso Video and multimediao Other?

Training and Support

• Ongoing through the course development process• Pedagogical support • LMS (D2L) training and support• Elluminate Live training• Instructional Development Office workshops

and seminars• Technical support

Challenges

• Faculty workload• Faculty transition to online environment• Correspondence courses versus online

learning• Assessment in online environment• Course maintenance • DELT team workloads

Supporting Faculty

• Questions?• Comments?

Thank you

Joan Butler – jmbutler@mun.caDaph Crane – daphne@mun.ca