We are now beginning the online development cycle for courses that will be available to be offered for Fall Quarter, 2008. Those of you that are developing this cycle have all developed courses before and feel comfotable with the development process. I would like to take this time just to send out a few reminders about online development to refresh your memories:
- Please review the Online Development User's Guide. This guide contains best practices guidelines and provides great web links to give you development ideas.
- It is important to have external links in every unit. Students benefit greatly from being able to go to the web to get additional information on the topic that they are learning in a particular unit.
- A discussion board is required for every unit - even units 6 and 12.
- Have fun with your development! Because all of you have done online development before, really try and stretch yourself to be creative and implement some new ideas. Blogs, group work, and fun outside projects are great ways to keep a course fresh and interesting.
All of you should be getting your textbooks fairly soon. If you don't have your textbook by next week please let me know and I will contact the publisher for you. Additionally, if you have not yet returned your contracts please send them to me ASAP.
And now for an update regarding the popularity of online courses. As Globe University/Minnesota School of Business continues to work on getting more and more classes available through the online medium, I am happy to report that it looks like we are right on track. Here is a link to a press release from April 22 that states that the demand for online learning opportunities is growing by leaps and bounds!
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/4/prweb881074.htm
Have a great week!
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