Article
Designing an online course that promotes deep learning
Proceedings of the Pedagogicon Conference
(2019)
Abstract
How do online course practitioners design well-organized online courses that promote deeper learning, which equips students to transfer skills learned to novel situations? The answer to this question is significant because online course enrollments have been rising. This manuscript highlights the most relevant aspects of established course design frameworks: Wiggins and McTighe’s backward course design; Dick, Carey and Carey instructional design model; Gagné, Briggs and Wager events of instruction; the Quality Matters rubric; and Bloom’s taxonomy of learning; and relate them to practical strategies that online course practitioners may use right away to design deeper learning experiences in online courses.
Keywords
- Deeper learning,
- Online learning,
- Distance Education,
- Course design,
- Instructional strategies,
- Online students,
- Online courses,
- Online instructors,
- Online course designers,
- Backward course design; Dick and Carey model; Gagné’s events of instruction; Quality Matters rubric; Bloom’s taxonomy of learning
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring January, 2019
Citation Information
Firm Faith Watson. "Designing an online course that promotes deep learning" Proceedings of the Pedagogicon Conference (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/firmfaith-watson/11/