Instructional Design for Online and Blended Courses

Build Online Courses Using Best Practices from Free Templates We Provide

Created byAndrew Sears, Michael Truong

Last updated 9/2021

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What you'll learn

Complete the design of an online or blended course using best practices.
Use our template to conduct analysis, research and planning for your course.
Design each week of your course using our course template and use the OSCQR rubric to evaluate your course for best practices.
Design using latest technology, videos and screencasts to improve the engagement of your course.
Develop and publish your course in Canvas (or other system) based on the course blueprint you designed.
For those who come from Christian institutions, you will apply best practices to integrate a Christian worldview into course design.

Course content

8 sections • 30 lectures • 2h 10m total length

Introduction7:52
Resources for this Course0:12
Instructional Design Models Overview10:57
After this lecture, students will be able to describe a summary of instructional design models ADDIE and SAM and how they might apply in different contexts.
ADDIE, SAM and the Instructional Design Process (required)0:07
After this lecture, students will be able to describe a in detail the instructional design models ADDIE and SAM and the steps for designing a course.
Analysis: Course Needs, Research and Planning9:32
After this lecture, students will be able to conduct the Analysis stage of ADDIE and use a template to conduct needs analysis, research and planning for their course.
Course Evaluation Rubrics and Design Templates Overview8:06
After this lecture, students will be able to describe the purpose of course evaluation rubrics and use the OSCAR rubric template to evaluate their course. Students will also be able use a course design template to design their course.
Required Materials: Course Evaluation Rubrics and Course Design Templates0:29
After this lecture, students will be able to describe the purpose of course evaluation rubrics and use the OSCAR rubric template to evaluate their course. Students will also be able use a course design template to design their course.
Optional Resources for Course Design Process, Research and Planning0:23
After this lecture, students will be able to identify some of the key websites that provide resources for best practices in instructional design.
Course Needs, Research and Brainstorming Template Part 1

Writing Effective Learning Outcomes11:15
Unit 1 focused on the “analysis” of the learners and their needs. In this unit, the attention turns to the “design” phase of the ADDIE model. The effective design of a course needs to start with clear, measurable learning outcomes. These serve as the frame of a course; everything in the course, including content, assignments, and assessment, will ideally point back to the outcomes. Therefore, it is essential that learning outcomes are written well. We will also touch on integrating faith in the outcomes writing process. Let’s get started!
After this lecture, students will be able to Identify characteristics of effective learning outcome and use the six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy and corresponding verbs to develop effective learning outcomes.
Academic Faith Integration7:33
After this lecture, students will be able to identify what academic faith integration entails and how to begin integrating into course design.
Required Materials: Learning Outcomes and Academic Faith Integration0:24
After this lecture, students will be able to identify core characteristics of effective learning outcomes and define what academic faith integration entails and how to begin integrating into course design.
Optional Resources: Learning Outcomes and Academic Faith Integration0:37
After this lecture, students will be able to identify some of the key websites that provide resources for best practices in instructional design.
Quiz on Learning Outcomes and Academic Faith Integration
Developing Learning Outcomes
Course Needs, Research and Brainstorming Template
Academic Assessment

Using the Online Course Blueprint Template8:29
After this lecture, students will be able to use the online blueprint template to design and develop a lesson/unit.
Developing Meaningful Assessments8:31
After this lecture, students will be able to identify strategies to develop meaningful assessments.
Required Materials: Design Your First Learning Unit0:14
After this lecture, students will be able to explain the basic building blocks of a learning unit, use the online blueprint template to design and develop a lesson/unit, and construct effective assessments.
Optional Resources: Design Your First Learning Unit for Your Course0:18
After this lecture, students will be able to explain the basic building blocks of a learning unit, use the online blueprint template to design and develop a lesson/unit, and construct effective assessments.
Developing a Learning Unit
Course Needs, Research and Brainstorming Template Part 2
Online Course Blueprint Template

Designing with Instructional Technology, OER, Videos and Screencasts7:47
How to Design Courses in Udemy for Academic Credit8:14
Proven Unbundling/Rebundling Models to Get Credit for Unaccredited Courses8:34
Video Introductions, Screencasting and the SAMR Model (required)0:21
Open Educational Resources, Textbooks and Courses (list of optional resources)0:26
Visual and Graphic Design Tools and Resources0:13
Video Production, Screencasting & Audio Resources (list of optional resources)0:43
Accessibility Tools0:27
Create a Presentation Screencast for Your Course and Upload to YouTube
Create a Course Introduction Video

Requirements

Identify a topic that you would want to design a course for to use for assignments
It would be helpful to have some experience with teaching or developing courses.
Students should have access to a Google Account to access Google Docs, Sheet and Classroom Templates.

Description

This is a project-based course where the finished project will be a complete online or blended course. This course was co-written by an online university president and a Director of the Office of Innovative Teaching and Technology at one of the largest Christian universities. Key elements of the course include:

An extensive template for conducting Needs Analysis, Research and Planning for your course.
A Course Design Blueprint Template you will use as the major project for this course
Course Introduction Template
Course Syllabus Template and Checklist
Course Design Rubric you will use to self-evaluate your course

By the end of the course, students will have developed at least 6 modules of their course within the Canvas Learning Management System.

Andrew Sears is the President of City Vision University where we are bringing radically affordable education through a $2,000 associate's degree and a $5,000 bachelor's degree. I previously co-founded MIT's Internet Telephony Consortium with one of the fathers of the internet (David Clark) focused on disruption in the telecommunications industry. Before spending the past 20 years living with and serving the poor with disruptive educational technologies, Andrew worked as a consultant to Sprint, venture capitalist and internet startups.

Note, because both of the instructors for this course work at Christian higher education institutions, we have included some assignments on how to design courses to integrate faith. Students that are not interested in these topics are welcome to skip them or just view them as an example of how to design for holistic values integration and apply with your own institutional values.

This course was developed largely as a volunteer-driven project of the Christian Higher Education Innovation Alliance to build the global capacity of higher education to serve the poor and the majority world. We would also love for you to make contributions to improve the course, so if you have any suggested resources, links or other improvements, please let us know. We hope that this can become one of the best free courses available on Instructional Design, but we can only do that with help and feedback of people like you.

Who this course is for:

Anyone wanting to design an online or blended course.
Students who value pragmatism and cost-effectiveness in education.
Academic leaders needing to add online and blended courses to complement their campus-based offering.
This course is designed to be re-purposed as faculty training for smaller institutions.
A particular focus will be on those teaching in under-resourced contexts such as the majority world or serving disadvantaged populations
An educational director at an NGO or parachurch ministry seeking to develop a combination of an offline and blended program that could be accepted as credit by accredited institutions.
Staff at a nonprofit, Christian ministry, missions agency or church with high quality unaccredited training program wishing to ready it for accreditation and/or an online/blended format.

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Analyze: Course Design Process, Research and Planning8 lectures • 38min

Design: Writing Effective Learning Outcomes & Faith Integration4 lectures • 20min

Designing Course Syllabus and Course Introduction in LMS2 lectures • 16min

Developing the First Learning Unit (or Week's materials) for Your Course4 lectures • 18min

Designing for Blended Learning Environments2 lectures • 6min

Designing with Instructional Technology, OER, Videos and Screencasts8 lectures • 27min

Developing Your Course in a Learning Management System2 lectures • 1min

Finalizing Your Course0

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