Design and Development of Online Course Materials

2009 ◽  
pp. 280-304
Author(s):  
Chao Lee
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Material Development ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Course Material

In the previous chapter, we discussed client computers, desktop operating systems and desktop environments. A desktop environment is the platform where most of the online course materials will be developed. This chapter will focus on course material development with open source technologies. The first part of this chapter is a brief introduction of instructional design and instructional technology theories. We will discuss the development cycle of technology based course materials. The theories of instructional design and instructional technology will be used to guide the development process. After the introduction, we will look at some of the open source tools that can be used to develop online course materials. We will have some detailed discussion on the open source Web authoring, multimedia, and collaboration tools. We will explore the options we may have and the functionalities provided by these open source tools.

Instructional Technology Theory for Online Teaching/Learning System

2009 ◽  
pp. 28-59
Author(s):  
Chao Lee
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Addie Model ◽  
Teaching Learning

In Chapter I, a brief introduction to open source tools is presented. The discussion indicates that open source tools are necessary for an online teaching/learning system. As mentioned in Chapter I, this book will use the ADDIE model as a guideline for the development of an online teaching/learning system and online course materials. Along with the development process, the open source tools will be introduced to accomplish the tasks in each phase of the development. Chapter I points out that it is possible to use open source tools to develop an entire online teaching/learning system. However, the development process is complicated and involves various technologies. Therefore, before an online teaching/ learning system can be implemented, it is necessary to carefully design such a system and the development process should be thoroughly planned. The theory of instructional technology provides a guideline for developing a successful online teaching/learning system. It will be beneficial for the development of an online teaching/learning system if the developers of the system know how to apply the instructional technology theory to the development process.

scholarly journals Integrating design thinking into instructional design: The #OpenTeach case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-52
Author(s):  
Caitríona Ní Shé ◽  
Orna Farrell ◽  
James Brunton ◽  
Eamon Costello
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Potential Method ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Is Design

Online education is becoming the norm in higher education. Effective instructional design methods are required to ensure that “ever-connected” students’ needs are being met. One potential method is design thinking: an agile methodology that stresses the importance of empathy with the student. The #OpenTeach fully online course was designed using design thinking principles and delivered in Spring 2020. This article reports on a case study which focused on the use of design thinking to design and develop the #OpenTeach course. The five iterative stages of design thinking (empathy, define, ideate, prototype and test) were integrated into the design and development of the course materials. The findings of this study indicate that the use of the design thinking process may be used by instructional designers to achieve empathy with their learners, which will ensure learners successfully engage and achieve the learning objectives of the course. Implications for practice or policy: A rich case study of the successful integration of design thinking within the instructional design methodology of an online teacher education project is valuable to educationalists who wish to follow a user-cntred empathetic approach. Instructional designers should focus on empathising with their student cohort to successfully engage students in the content that has been designed, and developed, as part of an online course.

Server Development and Management

2009 ◽  
pp. 123-160
Author(s):  
Chao Lee
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Computer Systems ◽  
Learning System ◽  
System A ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Development And Management

In the previous chapter, we discussed the topics related to networks to construct the infrastructure of an online teaching/learning system. A network consists of servers, clients, and network devices. In this chapter, we will investigate how the open source tools are used in the server development for the online teaching/learning system. Servers are computer systems used to host and manage the resources that can be accessed by users with proper permissions through the network. In the online teaching/learning system, servers are used to manage networks, databases, application software, security, and so on. To manage a large number of services needed by the online teaching/learning management system, a server is often run by an enterprise-level server operating system. Many of the open source operating systems, especially Linux, can handle the job. In this chapter, we will discuss server computer systems and enterprise-level open source server operating systems.

Open Source Differential and Integral Calculus Material Development to Support Student Accessibility and Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 368-373
Author(s):  
Petra Menz ◽  
Nicola Mulberry
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Integral Calculus ◽  
Material Development ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
The Social ◽  
Free Material

Educational resources in mathematics are an important aspect of the teaching and learning landscape. Moreover, resources have come a long way from the spoken word with such inventions as paper and the computer to the point where there is now an infrastructure around open educational resources (OER) that has matured into viable alternatives to traditional resources. The newfound prevalence of these materials provides opportunities to customize OER to the specific needs of students and institutions. We designed open source material for the social science strand of differential and integral calculus by adopting an open source textbook and adapting it for our needs. Along with the course notes, we developed lecture notes, student notes based on the Cornell note-taking system, and assignments with solutions. Students are appreciative of free material, but moreover, the cohesiveness and interconnectivity among the various course materials provides for a smoother learning journey through our courses. This paper presents our philosophy, an overview of our open source material, and the operation of both courses.

Technology Requirements of Online Teaching / Learning Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 60-84
Author(s):  
Chao Lee
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Requirement Analysis ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Addie Model ◽  
Teaching Learning

The previous chapter introduced the general instructional technology theory and went through the application of the ADDIE model for the development of an online teaching/learning system and online course materials. It also analyzed the requirements of an online teaching/learning system and provided the procedures to collect the requirement related information. The requirement analysis is covered by the first phase of the ADDIE model. This chapter translates the requirement related information into technical terms.

scholarly journals PROGRAMMATIC, SYSTEMATIC, AUTOMATIC: AN ONLINE COURSE ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT MODEL

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Bastedo ◽  
Amy Sugar ◽  
Nancy Swenson ◽  
Jessica Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Course Material ◽  
The University ◽  
Support Model

Over the past few years, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of requests for online course material accommodations at the University of Central Florida (UCF). In response to these requests, UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) formed new teams, reevaluated its processes, and initiated a partnership with UCF’s Student Disability Services (SDS) office to address these needs. This article presents the Online Course Accessibility Support Model that was developed and implemented by CDL. This model was designed to provide a scalable and programmatic approach to creating accessible online course materials. It identifies the following three strategies that were developed specifically to address these needs: 1. Teach faculty Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles through professional development programs as UDL relates to accessible online materials for new courses; 2. Provide legacy faculty members with the opportunity to update their existing online course materials to accommodate diverse learners; and 3. Expedite accommodations for online course materials to address immediate needs (e.g., when a student is currently enrolled in a class that has some inaccessible materials). As a result of implementing this model, the overall communication between CDL and SDS improved, roles related to making course materials accessible were defined, and students gained faster access to accessible online course materials.

BCL::Conf – Improved Open-Source Knowledge-Based Conformation Sampling using the Crystallographic Open Database

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Mendenhall ◽  
Benjamin Brown ◽  
Sandeepkumar Kothiwale ◽  
Jens Meiler
Keyword(s):  
Ligand Binding ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Generation Algorithm ◽  
Rotamer Library ◽  
Conformer Generation ◽  
Knowledge Based

<div>This paper describes recent improvements made to the BCL::Conf rotamer generation algorithm and comparison of its performance against other freely available and commercial conformer generation software. We demonstrate that BCL::Conf, with the use of rotamers derived from the COD, more effectively recovers crystallographic ligand-binding conformations seen in the PDB than other commercial and freely available software. BCL::Conf is now distributed with the COD-derived rotamer library, free for academic use. The BCL can be downloaded at <a href="http://meilerlab.org/index.php/bclcommons/show/b_apps_id/1">http://meilerlab.org/ bclcommons</a> for Windows, Linux, or Apple operating systems.<br></div>

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