THE DEVELOPMENT OF ON-LINE COURSES

PLAN OF ONLINE COURSE
by Karen PDA.
Every online course requires a previous study that contains the main elements to put in practice a real e-course, such as: units, topics, objectives, methods and methodology, techniques, assignments, practice, evaluation, general and specific bibliography or references.
It is important to take in consideration to clarify every single definition before start to give general information about the course because, as a recommendation the description of any course it must be clear and concrete.
These are some points to help to design an online course:
1.- The objectives have to be based on students needs and make sure about the previous knowledge from them.
2. It is very important to specify the objectives into the course, and make a review of every point on this.
3. The learning goals also depend on the institution or academy where students are learning. Because it could be adequate to the professional development.
4. The activities may have to be active and focus on investigation by themselves because an online course doesn’t have space limits and the learning process it not occur at the same time.
5. Make a time line: because in this methodology the chronological steps are very important to have a begging and end in order to be more organize and facility the evaluation.
6. Use appropriate material, in this case authentic if the level is superior. The bibliography has to be contemporary with true fundaments.
7. Make sure that the internet system is working well, sometimes the uploading way is slow. It implicates patience to technology.
8. To have a control of Platform and group discussion. It is necessary to post the date and time to start everything that can involves all participants.
9. Give a guide of text recommendation: or not only texts but some material that it could be useful after every unit and improve the knowledge.
10. giving information about the type of evaluation and specify if each unit has a different way to evaluate, for example an essay, an interview, an exercise etc.

CMC

Computer-Mediated Communication and the Online Classroom in Distance Learning

(is the third volume of a three-book series)

CMC is a magazine that show us many technology advances in Education.

It is clear that electronics can help us to discover almost everything in education and learning, not only as a method, it could be a way a life. but it is necesary to pay attention how is the impact of t.v. into the learning atmosphere for example, beacause human beings learn through the television since it was created, and what are the things that we can learn on the tv.

thats why the article talks about the educational system which includes diferents types of technology (media). In this case the teachers must be eclectic and be concious of the student's knowledge construction.

"Distance educators are now beginning to focus on a related set of notions: (a) there are different learning styles, (b) students create their own meaning when learning new things, and (c) what makes a difference in content retention and transfer is not so much what is done by teachers, but what students as learners can be encouraged to do themselves. "

I think, the goal of MCM is merely to promote the interactive learning by technology.

the integration of students, teachers and content are the principals.

It also provides a vision of telecommunications as a main and helpful way to teach and learn.