Course+Overview

**Proposed Course Overview for Online Instructor Training**
**I. Introduction to Teaching and Learning Online (3 hrs)** - Introduction to teaching and course standards - Differences between online and face-to-face classes - Building and maintaining online communities - Developing engagement - Overview of online teaching and learning tools - Best practices in online communication and handling conflict //Target Audience: New online instructors who haven't experienced online education before, facilitators for students taking online courses, administrators looking to understand online education//

**II. Assessment and Instructional Design in an Online Classroom (3 hrs)** - Developing a syllabus/classroom policies - Setting up an orientation/overview to the course - Finding/developing online resources for the content - Setting up and determining the appropriateness of course objectives - Using a variety of assessments and their appropriateness in online education - Putting in place supports for students //Target Audience: Online instructors//

**III. Using Web 2.0 Tools in the Digital Curriculum (3 hrs)** - Understanding how education is different in the 21st century - Comprehending and applying connectivism as a learning theory - Blogs - Wikis - RSS - Delicious - Podcasting/Screencasting/Video sharing/Picture sharing - Other tools //Target Audience: All teachers, both online and face-to-face, who have not experienced using 21st century tools, looking for ways to integrate them in their classes//

**IV. Practicum in Online Teaching (3 hrs)** //Target Audience: New online instructors//