Online Course Design (Fundamentals)

Issued by Quinnipiac University

Earners of the Online Course Design (Fundamentals) badge will have been an active participant in the two-week Online Teaching Boot Camp facilitated by Quinnipiac University’s Academic Technology Department and School of Education Instructional Design Faculty. Earners demonstrated a basic knowledge of the guiding principles of teaching in an online space. Earners will be able to apply the ideas, strategies and tools learned to create their own effective online courses.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Weeks
Cost Free

Skills

Earning Criteria

Be a Quinnipiac University employee
Earners of the badge successfully completed the Quinnipiac University Online Teaching Boot Camp and were active participants within the course. Active participation included completing readings, viewing lectures, contributing to discussion boards and using key technological learning resources. The boot camp consisted of the following modules: Opening the Door | Structuring & Centering | Teaching Strategies | Building Community.
Earners of the badge completed the following activities: • Posted an initial response to the discussion prompt in each module • Replied to at least one of their peers in each discussion • Submitted the "Planning Your Course" learning activity at the end of Module 2 • Submitted the "Communications Plan Journal" at the end of Module 4.
Participants successfully mastered the learning objectives for Module 1 (Opening the Door) and have a fundamental understanding of how to: Consider preconceived ideas about online learning | Convey online presence through tone and language | Establish place, culture and rhythm in an online course.
Participants successfully mastered the learning objectives for Module 2 (Structuring & Centering) and have a fundamental understanding of how to: Emphasize the importance of creating a "central location" for content and communications |Describe the overall structure of an asynchronous course in Blackboard.
Participants successfully mastered the learning objectives for Module 3 (Teaching Strategies) and have a fundamental understanding of how to: Explore strategies for engaging learners and foster learning in online spaces | List the affordances of available tools in the online space.
Participants successfully mastered the learning objectives for Module 4 (Building Community) and have a fundamental understanding of how to: Recognize the role of community within an online course | Establish their own guidelines for communicating with students | Develop a communications plan for their online course