Designing Online Courses: A New Approach

Keywords: online courses, instructional design, learning

Abstract: In this session, we explore a new approach for designing online courses. We begin by introducing adult learning principles we have found useful in designing online courses. You will consider how applicable these learning principles are to your students’ learning. Then we will present a Change-adept Course Creation Process (CCCP) and ask you to reflect on how you might use this process to design more effective courses. We will end by discussing the connection between the adult learning principles and the CCCP as you reflect on ways to incorporate this new approach to your course design.