Who will benefit: Academic staff interested in developing courses with web based elements

Workshop aims: The workshop will introduce participants to:

1. Formulate appropriate instructional objectives to design courses
2. Identify skills, knowledge and expectations that learners will possess
3. Choose subject content of materials and deciding the best sequence to help learners
4. Identify how the Web can assist teaching and learning
5. Identify which parts of their own courses could be assisted by Web technology
6. Identify how their existing materials might be adapted for use on the Web

Principles of course design: profiling the learner, constructing aims and objectives, selecting methods of teaching, learning activities, assessment, evaluation, supporting students;

Characteristics of Web technology: Synchronous and asynchronous technologies, Video conferencing, Chats, and e-conferencing. Animating web-discussion lists. Designing content for the web or using ready-made material. Software Issues: buy in or design your own? Tying your learning activities to specific elements on-line. Student support on-line Evaluation of learning experience. Lessons learnt and self-reflection.

Time: 3 hours.

Workshop developers:

Dr. Virginia Cano. Department of Information Management. Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Cano has been involved in the development of web-based material for higher education for the past 5 years. She has developed, taught tested and re-designed web-based modules for different academic audiences at QMUC and in Latin America. Her research interests lie in the application of synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies in web-based teaching. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council presently funds this research.

Dr. Kim Lie, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science & Healthcare, Queen Margaret University College. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Lie is a chartered psychologist and an accredited university teacher. Over 20 years’ teaching experience in Singapore and the UK included designing, delivering and managing courses at sub-degree, undergraduate, professional and postgraduate levels in a range of subjects. She has taught students from diverse disciplines and cultures, academic and professional backgrounds. Together with Dr. Virginia Cano she developed a website to support onsite courses.

She is also an Associate Lecturer with the Faculty of Health and Social Welfare, Open University of the UK. Her 12 years’ experience of open and distance learning included telephone tuition, teleconferencing and supporting ‘remote’ students and those with special needs.