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Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a below) may be open on a space-available basis to professionals who are not seeking the certificate. See Single-Course Enrollment for details.

Autumn Course

Designing E-Learning Environments

Schedule: Online, Oct. 6-Dec. 18, 2009; $930; 5 CEUs.
Instructors: Joe Dial.

Introduces essential elements of design for e-learning environments, including how to:

• Select appropriate technology and course structure to achieve learning goals
• Use current learning and instructional concepts to shape distance learning units
• Set instructional objectives and match them to instructional approaches
• Organize instructional units
• Provide interaction in web-based and online environments
• Ensure that students are motivated, and that they have the skills needed to function in a distance learning setting

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Winter Course

Developing and Managing E-Learning

Schedule: Online, Jan. 12-March 23, 2010; $930; 5 CEUs.
Instructor: Joe Dial.

Management aspects of developing e-learning courses or programs, including:

• Choosing the most effective and cost efficient course delivery formats
• Using tools and technologies to create, deliver and access course materials
• Repurposing existing materials for web delivery
• Intellectual property and copyright in the e-learning setting
• Scheduling, budgeting and planning issues
• Emerging technologies and courseware packages

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How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Spring Courses

E-Learning Assessment and Evaluation

Schedule: Online, April 6-June 1, 2010; $850; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Mary Waters

Effective assessment and evaluation is critical to the success of e-learning courses and programs, but obtaining accurate and timely feedback can be challenging. To help students meet this challenge in their projects, this course covers:

• Key concepts of assessment and evaluation
• Quantitative and qualitative methods of assessment
• Effective ways to provide feedback to learners
• Using evaluation data in course and program design
• Measuring accomplishment of credential and accreditation criteria or strategic business goals

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How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

E-Learning Practicum

Schedule: Online, April 6-June 18, 2010; $850; 4 CEUs. Instructors: Mary Waters, Bill Corrigan and Joe Dial.

Offers participants the chance to develop and refine their projects, using all the approaches and strategies learned in the program. Work is carried out in common virtual spaces with other learners, in small groups, with the student and instructor working together. At the conclusion of the program, participants have a design-document of a project that meets a specific need they have identified as critical.

Optional Separate Preliminary Course

Introduction to Web Publishing

Introduction to markup languages and their role in publishing content on the Web. Students gain understanding of HTML coding and extensions, image manipulation, information architecture, and Web site publishing. Other topics include the Web Accessibility Initiative, survey of Graphical User Interface HTML editors, online privacy and security, and eXtensible Markup Language (XML).