Key Takeaways

1. Consider multimedia options for presenting your course content in effective ways for an online environment.

2. In addition to original content, explore options to provide students with high-quality online content.

3.  Consider and follow copyright guidelines. 


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The way that you provide knowledge and facilitate learning—your course content—is a key consideration when putting your course online. One strategy that can enhance teaching presence in an online course is to provide audio and video content that can be developed with relative ease using multimedia applications. Creating microlectures along with other multimedia is a great option for designing online course content.

In addition to developing your own course content, you can use content developed by publishers or explore a plethora of open content on websites like Khan Academy, VideoLectures.net, Forum Network, Merlot, OpenStax, OER Commons, CCCOER, and Creative Commons. It’s always important to ensure the content aligns with the course and modular learning objectives and that you have followed copyright compliance guidelines.

When moving to an online environment during a crisis or disruption, your primary concern is likely to simply translate your existing plans to your online course. If you have existing written materials or presentations, you might use those as a starting point. Audio and video are great options— but they can be time-consuming to develop, and more so if following best practices for learning. Consider providing written materials and supplementing with short video or audio content, and consider whether there may be existing content already developed for online instruction that could meet your needs.

Beginner

Identify your course goals, and consider how you can adapt content using multimedia to best provide learning opportunities that engage your students. Note that when infusing a course with additional courseware or media, you should consider access to the tools or platforms, as well as student access to sufficient internet access to support your selections.

Intermediate

Continue to provide media-rich, interactive, and engaging content, curating and refining as you become comfortable with the online course and discover best-fit options for your style and course outcomes.

Advanced

Regularly review and update your content for functionality (i.e. no broken links, etc.), relevance, and fit for your course outcomes.
Last modified: Monday, July 6, 2020, 12:55 PM