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Learning
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Use the Blackboard learning support software for delivery of course materials and synchronous and asynchronous learning activities.
- Apply the NPS OCL course development process to your distributed course content.
- Design a distributed course framework consistent with best practices and processes in instructional design as demonstrated in IDL.
- Conduct a time-on-task analysis from the student and instructor perspectives for the unit of learning (module) developed during IDL.
- Evaluate copyright, intellectual property and accessibility needs and issues for your course content.
- Develop a strategy for implementing "learner support" in your distributed course.
- Formulate an implementation plan for using developed materials or to complete development of your specific course.
What
You Will Have When IDL Is Over
- Online Course Syllabus - A syllabus for the distributed setting is written to inform and encourage learners; it provides a map for the course.
- Course Protocols - Your protocols establish expectations regarding course communication such as e-mail, discussion forums, submission requirements, and group interactions.
- Learning Module - A module is a complete unit of learning for your course that includes learning objectives, course materials, interactive learning activities, and assessment strategies. A learning module can cover a period of time for your course such as one week, or can be focused on topics of the course content. IDL activities provide you with comprehensive instructional strategies for teaching online. Your module will serve as a model or template for additional learning units for your course.
- Blackboard Course Site Architecture - Learning materials created during IDL will be placed in your Blackboard course site and will be organized so you can continue to build the course as you create additional materials.
- Time on Task Analysis - Your Time-on-Task analysis evaluates the learning module from the student and instructor perspectives and provides a check that you have developed a manageable level of material and activities that is appropriately paced.
- Implementation Plan - Your final product in IDL is a plan to outline what you will do next. It will differ depending on your needs and requirements, but can include a schedule for distributed course completion, identification of future support needs from your school or the Office of Continuous Learning, or a plan to use the materials created during IDL.
Your participation in IDL will result in increased knowledge and experience with the Blackboard learning support system and collegial collaboration with peers in and beyond your department and school.
Course Format
This course is divided into five week-long segments consisting of:
- Weekly online modules that include reading, activities, collaboration with colleagues in discussion forums, and assignments to develop materials for your course with review and feedback from peers and OCL instructional designers.
- Three Friday morning classroom seminars where you discuss examples and strategies for distributed learning and meet other NPS distributed learning instructors.
- Weekly hands-on workshops, or optional self-paced tutorials, where you learn and practice working with the Blackboard learning support system.
- Individual consultations with an instructional designer from an OCL Instructional Designer.
- The sixth, and final session of the course is a Faculty Showcase where you share your IDL experience and your course framework with the NPS community.
Assignments and activities will be given each week. Time required to complete course assignments is generally 8-10 hours per week (in addition to time required to attend the face-to-face Friday sessions and Blackboard workshops). To accommodate the needs of individual participants and to demonstrate a distributed learning model, this course is primarily an online experience using significant asynchronous delivery and interaction.
It is very important that you have the minimum amount of time to devote to this course. This is a “student-centered” and group-paced course that requires your participation, peer review, and feedback.
We learn from each other in this model,
it's not just an "info download!"
Prerequisites
and Technical Requirements
Intermediate level of experience using a computer, defined as the ability to:
- organize and manage files and folders in your operating system;
- receive and submit electronic course materials;
- effectively use a word processing program;
- send and receive e-mail (including attachments); and,
- download and execute files from the Internet.
Recommended technical specifications: You will be able to access the course materials using your campus or home computer as long as you are able to connect to the Internet.
It is recommended that you have a PC with a minimum of 128 Megabytes of system memory (RAM).
Some materials may also be provided in Adobe portable document format (PDF) that will require you to have a free "Acrobat" reader on your computer (available for download at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).
IDL Schedule
Please refer to the IDL course schedule found here.
Contact
For additional information, course costs and to register for IDL, please contact the OCL Instructional Design and Development group at OCL_Fac_Dev@nps.edu
OCL Contact Information
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