Submitted by: Edward R. O'Neill, Ph.D., instructional designer & consultant at freelance
Contact Info:
Email: oneill.edward@gmail.com
Phone: 13236321977
What role would you like to play in organizing this workshop? I’m interested in organizing a workshop on this topic.
Intended Audience: Instructors new to online course design.
Proposal:
Participants are given access to one module from an online course in Canvas.
It is not well-designed.
In fact, it's such a mess, it's practically a Superfund site.
Specifically, the user experience (UX) makes it difficult to get anything done. Information is missing, titles are misleading, files are not clearly named, etc.
Participants are put into groups and are asked to deduce what they're supposed to do, when and how.
While trying to do this, they're given a specific task. (E.g., what's the first assignment, what materials do you need, when and where is it due?)
Participants reconvene to discuss what made those tasks challenging.
Then participants are given a few user experience design (UXD) principles and a rubric for evaluating online courses.
Participants discuss how the flaws of the course design relate to the UXD principles and the rubric categories.
Participants go back into groups and discuss how they would fix the course site and how that would apply UXD principles and help conform to the rubric imperatives.
They're asked to develop a deliverable: "Five Simple Rules for Good Course Design" (which can also be questions, principles, hints, etc.).
Participants report out.
I think two 1.5-hour sessions might be overkill. If a webinar is 1.5 hours, that could be enough. I believe 1 hour would be too short.
Learning Objectives:
Given an online course microsite or module, the learner can identify how it deviates from user experience design principles and course design principles and develop strategies to fix it.
Event Type: Webinar/virtual
Track: Teaching & Learning
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Presenters:
| Name | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Edward R. O'Neill, Ph.D. | instructional designer/consultant |
Preferred Date and Location: November 2022 - online, December 2022 - Online
Dates Not Available: No. Sooner is better.
Additional Comments:
The idea of fixing a completely broken course site may sound like shooting fish in a barrel. But I believe it could be a memorable way of seeing the kinds of issues that often crop up on a smaller level and of forming a robust mental model of good UXD.
