Design and Facilitation of E-Learning Courses

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Free Online Course: Design and Facilitation of E-Learning Courses provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 12 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. Design and Facilitation of E-Learning Courses is taught by Dr. G. Mythili Deputy Director Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education Indira G.

Overview
  • This course describes the foundations, processes, models and theories and instructional design in practice that have evolved from the basic systemic approaches for e-learning environment. Keeping in view the need of the learners, teachers and practitioners of e-learning, this course is planned, designed and developed to acquaint them with the design aspects of Instructional Design. This course is run over 12 weeks and requires 3 to 5 hours of time in each week. Learners will learn from video programmes of subject matter experts, web resources and pdf/ppt contents and also from peer interaction. Activities like quizzes, participation in discussion forums and short assignments helps the learners for better understanding of concepts. After completions of all required activities, learners will receive course completion certificate.Course Credit - 4

Syllabus

  • Introduction to the course (Welcome video clip)

    2 Mins Welcome clip

    30 Mins Introduction to course (outline)

    Week 1: Foundations of Learning

    Outcomes

    Study Materials

    Activity

    Assessment

    Able to

    · define e-learning;

    · understand the learning and Instructions;&

    · Describe the learning theories.

    · Theory into Practice Database, Available at http://tip.psychology.org/index.html

    · Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, Available at http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/

    · Designing Online Learning by Sanjaya Mishra. Published by the Commonwealth of Learning. Available at http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/KS2001-02_online.pdf

    Discussion Forum

    Quiz

    Week 2: Foundations of Learning (cont..)

    · Behaviourism

    · Schools of Thoughts: Cognitivism

    · Schools of Thoughts: Constructivism

    · Schools of Thoughts: Connectivism

    · Instructional Design Course of Master of Arts (Distance Education) of STRIDE, IGNOU.

    · Instructional Technology:WikiBooks. Available at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Instructional_Technology

    Discussion Forum

    Quiz

    Week 3: Instructional Design Models and Theories

    · Overview of Instructional Design

    · Cognitive Load Theory

    · Cognitive Flexibility Theory


    Identifying a course and target audience (with need assessment)

    Finalising the course and the target audience and their level

    Week 4: Instructional Design Models and Theories (cont..)

    · 4C-ID Model

    · ASSURE Model

    · ADDIE Model

    · Dick and Carey Model

    · Collaborative Learning


    Identifying the instructional design model for the selected course

    finalising the instructional design model for the selected course

    Week 5: Instructional Design Models and Theories (cont..)

    · Collaborative Learning

    · Scenario-Based Learning

    · Problem-Based Learning

    · Top Down and Bottom up models in curriculum Development


    Designing the learning environment for the selected course

    finalising the learning environment for the selected course

    Week 6: Instructional Design Processes

    · Blooms Taxonomy

    · Gagne’s Nine principles of ID

    · Learners and Learning Styles

    · Should we be using Learning Styles? What research has to say to practice.Available at http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1540.pdf

    Designing learning outcome for the selected course

    finalising learning outcome for the selected course

    Week 7: Instructional Design Processes(cont..)

    · Vygotsky: Language of thought

    · Banner-Memory and learning

    · Learning Objectives

    Discussion Forum

    Quiz

    Week 8: Computer Mediated Communication

    · Concept Mapping

    · Tools for Concept Mapping

    · Technology Analysis for e-Learning

    www.freemind .com

    Designing concept map for the selected course

    finalisingconcept map for the selected course

    Week 9: Collaborative Learning

    · Synchronous Online Learning and Tools for Synchronous Learning

    · Asynchronous Online Learning and Tools for Asynchronous Learning

    · 144 Tips for Synchronous E-Learning: Strategy+ Research, Ed by Bill Brandon. Published by the eLearning Guild in 2008. Available at http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1025

    Critically analysis the

    Collaborative learning

    Assignment

    Week 10: Collaborative Learning(cont..)

    · Instructional support for collaborative learning

    · Evaluation of Learning

    · Structuring the online course

    · Curtis, D.D., & Lawson, M.J. (2001). Exploring Collborative Online Learning, Journal of Asynchronous Leanring Networks, 5 (1), Available at http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v5n1/pdf/v5n1_curtis.pdf

    · Smith, B.L., &McGreagor, J.T. What is Collborative Learning? Available at http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu/pdf/collab.pdf

    Structuring the selected course

    finalisingthe structure of the selected course

    Week 11: Activities of Online Learning

    · Online Tutoring: Skills and Competencies of Online Tutors

    · e-Moderating, The Five Stage Model for Online moderation

    · R2D2 (Read, Reflect, Display, Do) Model

    · Online Tutoring eBook. Ed by Carol A. Higgison. Available at http://web.archive.org/web/20071212221227/otis.scotcit.ac.uk/onlinebook/

    · Nachindila, B. (2007). The role of tutors in teaching of Online English for Business programmes in South Africa: A Case study, MERLOT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning, 3 (4), Available at

    http://jolt.merlot.org/documents/nchindila.pdf

    Discussion forum

    Quiz

    Week 12: Activities for Online Learning (cont..)

    · Assessment and Evaluation

    · Case studies

    · Page: E-Moderating (2004) Ed 2. by Gilly Salmon. Published by Kogan London.

    · E-tivities (2002) by Gilly Salmon. Published by Kogan Page: London.

    · Empowering Online Learning (2008) by Curtis J. Bonk and Ke Zhang. Published by Jossey Bass: San Francisco.

    · E-Learning Groups and Communities by David McConnell, (2006). OU Press/ McGraw Hill Education: Berkshire.

    Discussion forum

    Quiz