Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie-Pierre Huguet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tom Haley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yaron Danon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

-stage" lecture time and shifting some of the teachingcomponents to the online environment. More time can then be spent in the face-to-face classapplying course materials, often with real-world example problems 12.Levels of blendThe first critical decision was be to choose the level of “blend” to be used in the course. AtRensselaer Polytechnic Institute we use a modified version of Jones, Harmon, and Lowther’slevels of Web use 13 to define the level of blend used in a specific course (Table 1). Level Name Description 1 Administrative/ • No course content Web-enhanced • Administrative information (syllabus, schedule, contact info., ...) 2 Supplemental/ • Some

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Robert Jeanne, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael J. Litkow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amber R. Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lillian Tong, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

project management space to ask questions ofany of the TEL project team. This created a repository of new learning abouteCOW2/Moodle and project documentation so all of the courses were developed withthe shared knowledge of the entire TEL team.Based upon the needs of the faculty, different development strategies were adopted todesign a sample course implementing eCOW2/Moodle technologies. For example,some faculty wanted to see all of the features of eCOW2 and determine if they wereeffective teaching and learning tools for their courses. Others who had exploredeCOW2 previously and had used the CMS as an online syllabus were now interestedin seeing some of the more advanced features. When the course ideas were in placeand ready to show to the