Programs

Grants & Funding: Course Development Project

Purpose:

Redesign an extant course and use WebCT to make the course WEB enhanced for ground courses and a distance education course in order to

A) provide experience at GSU for this type of course development,
B) provide an example to the USG, and,
C) develop procedures for course development that can be applied to other courses.

Deadline: February 1, 2000
Contact Kirk Richardson via email at psywkr@langate.gsu.edu or by phone at 404-651-1628 for more information.
Assumption: The University will provide all resources and support needed.

Criteria for selecting the course:

1. High enrollment in multiple sections.
2. Content suitable for this type of development.
3. Support by the college and the department and a commitment to use the material to WEB enhance most or all sections of the course.
4. The re-designed course must be learner-centered, use criterion-based assessment, and foster a learning community atmosphere.
5. A commitment by participating faculty and department to offer the course as a distance education course.
6. Participating faculty committed to the concept.
7. Participating faculty with some experience in distance learning, learner-centered instruction, WEB enhancement of courses, and distance education.
8. Participating faculty committed to research on teaching using the course and course revision based on the outcome.
   

Procedure:

1. Assemble faculty and other staff to design the course and oversee its development.
2. Use faculty, GAs and other staff to develop the material. Use the resources of IS&T, the library and distributed education where appropriate.
3. Check with BOR and with GLOBE for support and resources.
4. Mine the WEB to find material already developed that can be used. Example, the Merlot site.
   

Time line:

1. Select the course and assemble the faculty team by January 2000.
2. Complete course design by March 2000.
3. Complete beta version and test the material Fall Semester 2000.
4. Revise material based on the test to be ready by Spring Semester 2001.
5. Offer as a distance education course Fall 2001.