Transcript Tips for Success : A Few Things I Have Learned

Tips for Success in
Web Course Design:
A Few Things I Have Learned
Cathy A. Simpson
[email protected]
Technical Application Center
http://tac.nv.cc.va.us
Tips for Success :
Integrate & Collaborate
 Identify course goals & objectives
 Identify strategies you know help
students achieve goals & objectives
use technology to extend strategies
or create new ones
Tips for Success :
Integrate & Collaborate
 Read the Web for
 ideas
 examples
 help
Tips for Success :
Integrate & Collaborate
 Recognize & explore differences in
distance & traditional learning
Process issues
Resource issues
Communication issues
Tips for Success :
Integrate & Collaborate
 Establish collaboration with others
VCCS CourseWare Grants
Campus CITGs & TLTRs
TAC/ELI Institutes
Mentoring
Tips for Success :
Integrate & Collaborate
 Factor in sessions to learn software
needed to complete project
Web editors
Digital camera
Scanner
Plug-ins
Tips for Success:
Integrate & Plan
 Develop site by storyboarding or
flow charting to create visual of plan
purpose
audience
content
sequence of content
Tips for Success:
Focus on Learner
 Design site to be learner-driven to
promote active learning through
discussion forums
email & listervs
webquests
Tips for Success:
Focus on Learner
 Design site to be learner-driven to
promote active learning through
online collaborative writing
self-directed learning units
electronic journals and portfolios
student designed Web pages
Tips for Success:
Design to Construct Meaning
 Develop consistent navigation tools
 Use common color schemes
 yellow & green
easier to perceive
 red and blue difficult
Tips for Success:
Design to Construct Meaning
 Use upper & lower case letters
 Organize logical sequence of pages
 Use point size of at least 30
 Incorporate visuals to clarify meaning
Tips for Success:
Design to Use Visuals
 Incorporate visual into making meaning
clarification
emphasis
focus
navigation
Tips for Success:
Design for Readability
 Use Basic Design Principles
keep visual simple
leave lots of white space
keep visual organized
create path for eye
make something dominant
divide space in interesting way
Tips for Success:
Include the Basics
 Include some basics
general course information
netiquette guidelines
tips for success
technology how-to’s
resource links
 Use contextual links only