Design and Delivery for Online Learning
8 hours per week
Overview
In this unit you will explore how to integrate good online teaching practice into face to face, blended and online environments through a critical approach to educational technology. You will acquire online learning design skills and apply them to develop engaging learning activities, assessment tasks and feedback methods that effectively promote student learning and engagement. You will refine your ability to be an effective member of a learning community and to encourage student peer interactions.
Requisites
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Integrate online learning and teaching activities into curricula for a diverse range of environments, from those with a significant on-campus component to those fully online
- Sustain and modify an online learning environment in order to meet many of the needs, wants and expectations of students
- Design online environments that encourage student engagement through the provision of a diverse range of opportunities, including group work, discussions, e-assessment and feedback, that utilise the affordances of digital approaches
- Demonstrate the capacity to engage in online communities that involve synchronous and asynchronous discussions and peer review
- Practice and apply a critical approach to digital technology integration in order to make a positive difference in learning and teaching
Teaching methods
Hawthorn Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 8.00 | 12 weeks | 96 |
| TOTAL | 96 |
Sarawak
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Workshop | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Workshop | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
| TOTAL | 192 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 2 | Individual/Group | 20 - 25% | 2,3,5 |
| Design Brief | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Learning Plan | Individual/Group | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3,5 |
| Online Discussion | Individual | 20 - 25% | 4,5 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual/Group | 20 - 25% | 2,3,5 |
| Design Brief | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Learning Plan | Individual/Group | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3,5 |
| Online Discussion | Individual | 20 - 25% | 4,5 |
Content
- A critical approach to educational technology
- The blended learning spectrum
- Developing and sustaining online engagement
- Encouraging and giving feedback
- Planning online curricula
- Ensuring quality through using rubrics and peer review
- Integrating online experiences into predominately on-campus units
- E-assessment methods
- Designing for group work
- Being an online teacher – time management and the community
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.