eTeaching Program
The ETC sponsors the eTeaching Certificate Program, which is an online course designed to
provide UT faculty strategies for the effective design, development, and
delivery of online instruction. This program is delivered entirely
online (asynchronously). At the end of the program, participants are
able to:
- Select appropriate online instructional techniques to accomplish learning objectives
- Apply learning theory and instructional design principles to design a course and instructional materials for online delivery
- Facilitate online communication and collaboration
- Determine appropriate types of assessment and evaluation for online learning
- Manage online instruction using acquired techniques
The eTeaching Certificate program consists of four 3-week courses which
are offered over two semesters. As participants progress through each
course, they will build the framework for an actual online course that
they will be facilitating in the future. New programs begin each
semester.
New programs begin each semester and enrollment is limited to 12 participants per course.
The current program has already begun, and runs from April 7 to August 11, 2008. The next program begins on September 15, 2008.
Program Registration (Dept of Distance Education and Independent Study)
View the topical outline for the eTeaching
Certificate program
eTeaching Program Outline
FIRST Part:
Level I: Introduction to Online Learning
This level provides an overview of online teaching and learning from definition through to development. Participants will be introduced to the elements of teaching and learning online and determine if they are ready for online teaching or learning.
- Understanding Online Learning (week 1)
- Components of online learning
- Differences between online and traditional learning
- Advantages and limitations of online learning
- Preparing for online teaching and learning (week 2)
- The role of the instructor in the online learning environment
- The role of the learner in the online learning environment
- Assessing online teaching and learning readiness
- Impact of learning theories/learning styles/types of learners (adult vs. child)
- Miscellaneous (week 3)
- Addressing intellectual privacy issues and copyright issues
- Privacy issues
- Providing technical support
- Accessibility
- Practicum (week 4)
- Obtain a Blackboard account at your institution and learn the interface.
- Break (week 5)
Level II: Designing Instruction for the Online Environment
Participants will frame their course and begin developing content during this part of the program.
- Instructional Design (week 6)
- Planning course content and organization
- Developing goals and objectives
- Reviewing types of online courses
- Locating and evaluating online courses in your academic discipline
- Online Course Development (weeks 7-8)
- Locating and evaluating appropriate Web resources
- Developing new course content
- Preparing existing materials for online instruction
- Designing and implementing assignments
- Practicum (week 9)
- Write and post your syllabus (or training topic outline) and course calendar.
- Begin creating your online course/workshop. This can include resources you discovered that are already online or new material. (at least one area of content needs to be posted - this can be the equivalent of one topic or one week of material)
- Design appropriate assignments. (at least one assignment needs to be created to fulfill the practicum)
- Break (week 10)
SECOND Part
Level III: Communication and Online Learning
Participants will experience and gain an understanding of online communication through readings, online discussions, individual and collaborative activities, and audio and video resources.
- Fundamentals of Online Communication (week 1)
- Types of online communication tools
- Identifying effective communication techniques for online learning
- Communication and Collaboration (weeks 2 - 3)
- Establishing an online community
- Principles of collaboration
- Managing team-based learning
- Practicum (week 4)
- Introduce yourself to your students using your faculty information homepage.
- Post your course "communications" policies that establish expectations for:
- sending and responding to email (when students can expect to receive responses, subject line conventions, etc.),
- posting to discussion boards, communicating in chat rooms,
- etc.
- Create two discussion forums for your class - one to serve as a community-building warm-up activity at the beginning of the semester and the other focused on discussing a particular aspect of your course content.
- Set up one general chat session for your class that includes instructions for access (date and time) and the activity/topic for the session.
- Break (week 5)
Level IV: Assessing Online Learning
This part of the program addresses various assessment and evaluation techniques for use in online learning.
- Models of Assessment Theory (week 6)
- Applying assessment theory to online education
- Quantitative and qualitative methods of assessment
- Course evaluation techniques
- Developing and Selecting Appropriate Assessment Measures (weeks 7-8)
- Providing learning feedback
- Utilizing peer reviews
- Assessing group assignments
- Evaluating learner progress
- Practicum (week 9)
- Develop and create course-appropriate and learner-centered methods of online assessment and add to your course.
