Tips for Success in Web Course Design: A Few Things I Have Learned

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Tips for Success in Web Course Design A Few
Things I Have Learned

• Cathy A. Simpson
• nvsimpc_at_nv.cc.va.us
• Technical Application Center
• http//tac.nv.cc.va.us

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Tips for Success Integrate Collaborate

• Identify course goals objectives
• Identify strategies you know help
• students achieve goals objectives
• use technology to extend strategies
• or create new ones

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Tips for Success Integrate Collaborate

• Read the Web for
• ideas
• examples
• help

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Tips for Success Integrate Collaborate

• Recognize explore differences in distance
  traditional learning
• Process issues
• Resource issues
• Communication issues

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Tips for Success Integrate Collaborate

• Establish collaboration with others
• VCCS CourseWare Grants
• Campus CITGs TLTRs
• TAC/ELI Institutes
• Mentoring

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Tips for Success Integrate Collaborate

• Factor in sessions to learn software needed to
  complete project
• Web editors Digital camera
• Scanner Plug-ins

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Tips for Success Integrate Plan

• Develop site by storyboarding or
• flow charting to create visual of plan
• purpose
• audience
• content
• sequence of content

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Tips for Success Focus on Learner

• Design site to be learner-driven to
• promote active learning through
• discussion forums
• email listervs
• webquests

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Tips for Success Focus on Learner

• Design site to be learner-driven to
• promote active learning through
• online collaborative writing
• self-directed learning units
• electronic journals and portfolios
• student designed Web pages

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Tips for SuccessDesign to Construct Meaning

• Develop consistent navigation tools
• Use common color schemes
• yellow green
• easier to perceive
• red and blue difficult

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Tips for SuccessDesign to Construct Meaning

• Use upper lower case letters
• Organize logical sequence of pages
• Use point size of at least 30
• Incorporate visuals to clarify meaning

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Tips for SuccessDesign to Use Visuals

• Incorporate visual into making meaning
• clarification
• emphasis
• focus
• navigation

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Tips for SuccessDesign for Readability

• Use Basic Design Principles
• keep visual simple
• leave lots of white space
• keep visual organized
• create path for eye
• make something dominant
• divide space in interesting way

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Tips for SuccessInclude the Basics

• Include some basics
• general course information
• netiquette guidelines
• tips for success
• technology how-tos
• resource links
• Use contextual links only