Conquering the Content : A Blueprint for Online Course Design and Development.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- The Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Lesson 1: Begin Here -- Good Teaching -- Think Learning, Not Teaching -- Learner-Centered Environment -- Plan for Online from the Beginning -- Select Technology Based on Pedagogy -- Advantages to Having a Course Online -- Environment -- The Online Learner's Environment -- The Two-Minute Test -- It's OK to be Uncomfortable -- How Online Learning is Different from Face-to-Face Learning -- The Lack of Visual Cues -- The Learner's Role -- The Faculty Member's Role -- The Distinction Between Course Design and Development and Course Delivery and Facilitation -- The Current Preparation for Future Updates -- Course Selection and Documentation -- Course Documentation -- Questions from First-Time Online Instructors -- How Do I Know It's the Learner Doing the Work? -- How Do I Know It's the Learner Taking the Test? -- How Do I Know They Aren't Looking at Their Books During the Test? -- How Do I Balance Effort and Points? -- How Do I See the Lightbulb Turning On or the Blank Stare? -- How Can I Teach Online and Still Have a Balanced Life? -- Lesson 2: Content Map -- Content Map Overview -- Chapter Conversion and Course Outline -- Uses of Content Maps -- Reasons to Use a Content Map -- How to Customize the Content Map -- Where to Place the Content Map -- Content Map Development Blueprint -- Creating a Content Map -- Example of the Content Map Development Process -- Choosing the Most Important Topics -- Course Structures Blueprint -- Topics -- File Systems -- Naming Schemes -- Folder and File Structures -- Managing Course Structure -- Lesson 3: Learning Guide -- Enduring VS. Nonenduring Content -- Audiences and Functions -- Faculty -- Learners -- Learning Guide Components -- Learning Guide Development Blueprint -- The Rewards of Preparation Time -- Dates.

Identification -- Learning Objectives/Outcomes, or "What I Need to Know" -- Learning Resources, or "Tools to Help Me Learn" -- Learning Activities, or "What I Need to Do" -- Self-Assessment, or "How to Know If I Am Ready for Grading" -- Lesson Assessment, or "How Do I Earn Points on What I Have Learned?" -- Points Earned -- Lesson 4: Prioritizing -- Prioritize Course Development -- Your Next Step -- Layering -- Reduce Learner Anxiety -- Consider Learner Needs -- Reduce Faculty Anxiety -- Select Priorities Blueprint -- Selecting Your Specific Priorities -- Moving Through the Priorities -- Teach for the Long Term -- Lesson 5: Content -- How you Learn -- How the Brain Processes Information -- Organization of Prior Learning -- Cognitive Load -- Qualities of Online Content -- Instructional Design Considerations -- Dual-Mode Effect -- Split-Attention Effect -- Modality Principle -- Presentation Length -- Presentation of Information -- Using Knowledge of Brain Processing -- Instructional Guidance -- Feedback -- Chunking -- Introduction -- Demonstration -- Benefits -- Effectiveness -- Chunking Blueprint -- The Chunking Process -- Chunking for Text-Based Content -- Bridges Blueprint -- Lesson 6: Continuous Improvement -- Peer Review -- Reflection -- Effective Practices -- Develop a Schedule of Due Dates, and Stick to It -- Prioritize a Convenient Schedule -- Set Due Dates for the Same Day Each Week -- Communicate an Appropriate Pace for Working Through the Course -- Be Consistent About Navigation -- Navigate to Lesson Components from One Page -- Be Consistent About Where to Turn In Assignments -- Be Consistent About Your Availability -- Prioritize and Honor the Order in Which You Will Answer Messages from Learners -- Continuous Improvement -- Document for Revisions -- FAQs -- List of Issues and Revisions -- Suggestions -- Blog or Journal of Your Experiences.

Items to Document -- Link Rot -- Where to go from here -- Learning Management System (LMS) -- Facilitating an Online Course -- What you have Conquered -- References -- Glossary -- Action Items -- Index -- More from Wiley -- EULA.

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