Instructional Development Center
Converting Courses to Online Delivery
Working in a new teaching environment such as the Web may have you wondering "what works best?" It's a great time to rethink your courses and determine how to integrate available technologies and resources, matching them to your course content, learning objectives and student needs.
Online education provides the student with "any time/any place" instruction. Unlike the face-to-face, on-campus classroom, "any time/any place" education is a method of course delivery unbound by time or location allowing students to access instruction from a computer via the Internet, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Effective online education is designed to provide sufficient contact, instruction, evaluation and interaction that makes the online course as effective a teaching/learning experience as a tradition, on-campus course.
The following new books in the Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning series have been added to the IDC Faculty Library.
Conrad, Rita-Marie, and Donaldson, J. Ana. Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
Finkelstein, Jonathan. Learning in Real Time: Synchronous Teaching and Learning Online. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
Johnson, Kay, and Magusin, Elaine. Exploring the Digital Library: A guide for Online Teaching and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
Palloff, Rena M., and Pratt, Keith. Collaborating Online: Learning together in Community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
Palloff, Rena M., and Pratt, Keith. Assessing the Online Learner: Resources and Strategies for Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Smith, Robin M. Conquering the Content: A Step-byStep Guide to Online Course Design. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.