Course Design & Development
Effective online courses rely on well-designed learning experiences facilitated by skilled instructors. Since learners have varied learning styles—or combinations of styles—online activities should incorporate diverse approaches to support multiple modes of learning. Teaching strategies must also evolve to fit the unique demands of online environments.
Quick Overview of Contents
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Best Practices
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Templates
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Online Quality Assurance Standards
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Strong & Safe, Together - Pivot Forward Resources
Strong & Safe, Together - Pivot Forward Resources
- E&H: Strong and Safe Together
- Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)’s Online Teaching Toolkit
- QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist
- Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Universal Design in Learning
- Inclusive Teaching and Course Design
- Designing and Teaching for Impact in Online Courses
ACCESSIBILITY
Policies:
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Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act
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Improving Access: Best Practices for Developing Course Materials with an Online Component
- EDUCAUSE Accessibility Guidelines
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
- Open Education Network
- VIVA Open Grants
- Open Pedagogy Notebook
- Open Educational Resources (OER), University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources, American University
- Open Educational Resources Repositories, Eastern Michigan University
- Guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education, UNESCO and Commonwealth of Learning
- Author an Open Educational Resource, University of Nevada
- Dramatically Bringing Down the Cost of Education with OER: How Open Education Resources Unlock the Door to Free Learning
- The Impact of OER Initiatives on Faculty Selection of Classroom Materials, WCET & Bay View Analytics
COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE
- More Information on Fair Use, U.S. Copyright Office
- Measuring Fair Use: The Four Factors, Stanford University
- Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines, University of Maryland Global Campus
Interested in launching an online course or program? Contact jalobertini@emoryhenry.edu for approval and launch process.
