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| Thursday, 21 July 2005: 11:15 AM-12:00 PM | |||
| Yerba Buena Salon 06 (San Francisco Marriott) | |||
| G-1: Creative Writing Low-Residency Online Program: Concept to Content to Course | |||
| Detailed Description: | Wilkes University Master of Arts in Creative Writing founder recruited adjunct faculty as content specialists to partner with SungardCollegis to develop an online creative writing program. Applying best practices of creative writing pedagogy and online education, instructional designers worked with faculty to prepare content. Course developers designed a template in WebCT into which content was placed. This approach leveraged the expertise of the program directors, faculty, and designers expediting the program and course development process | ||
| Presentation Format: | Showcase | ||
| Topic: | Enabling learning: Effective instructional practices and flexible design models | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, E-learning Managers, Faculty and Other Instructors | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | Adjunct faculty were recruited by Wilkes University to serve as subject matter experts in the design and development of five genre-specific foundation courses for a low-residency online Master of Arts creative writing program. The range of online teaching experience of the cohort ranged from novice to intermediate. Requisite in the curricular design of the program and the design of each course was the integration of three overarching themes: The Life of a Writer, The Craft, Technique, and Analyses of the Genres, and The Art Delivery Method. The course development process utilized a MS Word content organizer to ensure the preparation of structured and uniform course content. Project management strategies, including a detailed course development timeline, were employed to set project expectations, assign roles, and encourage timely course completion. Working with a SunGard Collegis instructional designer, creative writing instructors engaged in an iterative process in which the build-out of course content was refined using the content organizer. A course template was also designed based on best practices of course web site design and development, and instructionally sound interactive e-Learning. This template provided the framework into which completed course content was inserted. An early phase of the development cycle involved creation of a prototype using a single unit of course content. This permitted instructors to envision the transformation of their content into an online environment and allowed for further modification of the content build-out process. DreamWeaver MX was used to prepare uniform html pages and to upload files directly to the WebCT server using WebDAV technology. This approach to course design and development leveraged the expertise of the program director, faculty, instructional designer, and course developer expediting quality course and online program development. The pitfalls and successes of this online course development methodology will be discussed. | ||
| Session Leader: | Jerry Tieman SunGardCollegis, Inc. | ||
| Co-Presenter: | Bonnie Culver Wilkes University | ||
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