Online Course Design Bootcamp: A Resource for Graduate Assistants Building and Teaching Online Courses

Kristen Chorba, Instructional Designer, Office of Digital Learning; Nicole Schmidt, PhD candidate, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching; Janelle Moser, PhD Candidate, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Description

Have you ever been asked to teach an online class – or, even more daunting, design an online class – with little to no explanation of how to begin to choose assignments, find content, and make sure that you were covering what you were “supposed to”? Or, have you wanted to make the online class you’ve been teaching or developing the best that it can be, but aren’t really sure where to begin? We can help!

In this workshop, designed exclusively for graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) who teach online, we will go step-by-step through a process designed to help you do just that. When you have alignment in your course, it means that your course has: 1) specific goals your students will be able to achieve by the end of the class; 2) assignments that allow them to demonstrate that they have met those goals; and 3) content that supports them in learning the knowledge and building the skills to successfully complete those assignments.

This workshop will focus on working through the process of aligning a course, through both large and small group discussion and group work. You’ll also have time to work on some real-life examples and ask questions – so if you have a syllabus you’re working on, feel free to bring it with you.

Who Should Come

Graduate Teaching Assistants for an online or hybrid course (must have access to D2L).

For This Workshop

Bring your own laptop.

Bring a syllabus if you would like to work on it in the workshop.