Initial Thoughts
I am looking forward to participating in the course. While I have designed onsite and online courses previously, I feel the need to increase my experience and learn new methods of design. I am hoping to be more creative in designing my courses.
My experience with taking the previous certificate courses and teaching online classes is that design and appearance go together. An attractive course with interesting icons helps to stimulate student interest. It also sends a message that the course has been carefuly planned and implemented.
I have had the opportunity to work with design experts who have aided me greatly in creating and implementing my online classes, and the classes look attractive. However, I have not yet been able to be confident in independently doing this. One of my goals is to learn to become more independent in designing and implementing online courses. The other goal is (as stated above) to be more creative.
One of the activities that I am getting better at by taking the previous courses is providing interactive activities for students. I am hoping to improve in this area also.
Previous Experience
My previous experience in desgn consists of preparing lesson plans for onsite classes. I have prepared learning modules, discussions, and assignments for online classes. The lesson plan helps organize according to objectives. The lesson plan also helps create study questions that lead to interactive activities.
Goal Statements
My goals:
1. Demonstrate increasing independence in designing and implementing attractive, interactive online classes.
2. Identify methods that can be utilized for more creativity in designing online classes.
3. Design appropriate interactive activities for students in online classes.
Conclusion
It will be interesting to look back on the blog and goal statements and see if I was able to accomplish them. It should be good material to reflect upon also.
