Modules for Teaching Online
CTL staff and faculty associates developed a self-paced online teaching program that’s flexible and more responsive to faculty needs.
This format allows you to select the modules you want to complete based on your interests, available time, and professional development goals related to online teaching.
How It Works
- Each module takes between 3–5 hours to complete, including readings, viewings, and activities.
- You can complete the modules in any order, and there are no prerequisites for any module. If you have not used the backward design framework to design a course, completing the “Backward Design” module first will be beneficial.
- The modules are self-paced. You are not required to participate with peers and there is no active facilitation. However, you will receive feedback on assignments you complete and an instructor is always available to answer your questions.
Questions
If you have questions, email Wendy Verrei-Berenback wverreib@momo-taro.net
Module List
- » Backward Course Design
- In this module, you will apply the foundational principles of the “backward design” framework to design courses that foster student success. Courses designed with this framework clearly communicate to students what they will learn, how they will learn it, and how they will know if they have achieved mastery. Your work in this module focuses on creating alignment among your course’s learning objectives, activities, feedback, and assessment methods.
- » Student-Friendly Online Courses
- This module introduces evidence-based strategies for designing courses that are both welcoming and well organized. You will examine three topics: the importance of pacing, strategies to decrease student confusion, and strategies to create a welcoming learning environment that sets students up for success.
- » Content Considerations for Online Courses
- Using the lens of Universal Design for Learning, this module introduces strategies for:
- Curating content from existing resources
- Connecting content to learning objectives and assignments
- Creating content that’s sustainable for your workload and engaging for your students
- » Engaging Online Assignments (knowledge of backward design is helpful)
- In this module, we combine the frameworks of Universal Design for Learning and Transparency in Learning and Teaching to create assignments that are engaging, are described clearly, and help students understand why the assignment contributes to their learning.