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?