Migrating Face-to-face Competency-based Courses to an Online Format: Experiences Working with an Online Program Manager's Design Team
Concurrent Session 2
Brief Abstract
With the increase in the number of online programs in higher education, opportunities emerge for institutions to contract with online program managers to develop online courses in order to increase enrollment and revenues. Join us to discuss the experiences of faculty members engaged with an online program manager’s instructional design team and view examples of the revised courses.
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Extended Abstract
Recent articles in the higher education literature present questions and concerns about higher education institutions opting into revenue-sharing agreements with online outside program managers. There are assertions that there may be less attention given to the possibility of innovative instructional outcomes from these relationships. The focus of this Discovery Session is to engage attendees in conversations about the lessons learned by faculty members who are working with instructional designers and crafting revised courses for an integrated competency-based curriculum. These positive experiences may be helpful for attendees who are considering engaging online program managers and instructional designers.
Information about the instructional design process will be illustrated in a laptop presentation. Salient features of the design process will be presented and followed by presenter prompts to stimulate our conversations. Features to be illustrated include the organizing principles for curriculum and course revisions; the step-by-step phasing process and outlines that guided faculty authorship of the courses; and, examples of the interactive digital tools created to engage and reinforce student learning. There will be an opportunity for a comparative view of a course “before and after” the design process and for attendees to ask questions about the faculty members’ experiences working with an instructional designer. Presentation handouts will be available for the attendees.
Discovery Session Goals: Individuals attending this session will discover there can be successful course revision outcomes working with an online program manager’s team of instructional designers. They also will be knowledgeable about organizing principles for course revisions and able to use a step-by-step course revision process as a guide.