The Instructional Design Department at UMKC is available to assist faculty in all aspects of online teaching, course development and update of current online courses. Instructional Design staff teach several different workshops aimed at both the pedagogical aspects of online teaching as well as current theory in instructional design. Staff of this department are also responsible for certifying online courses and programs to ensure that they meet the UMKC standards for excellence in online teaching. The Instructional Design Department:

1. Provides professional development to faculty groups who desire a greater understanding of pedagogical approaches to teaching online and for best practice in online course design .
2. Provides Blackboard and Moodle course building workshops, course development assistance, and course design services to online programs offered by UMKC.
3. Assists faculty with assessment and evolution of web-based technology in their courses.

Table of Contents

Certification in Online Teaching and Learning
Build Your Online Course Workshop Series
UMKC Online Course Design Rubric
eMentors at UMKC
Advance Organizers and Tools for Creating your Online Course
Contact Instructional Design

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Faculty Certification Course in Online Teaching and Learning

When: Choose from three Summer/Fall 2012 course offerings: June 4th - June 29th; July 23rd - August 17th, OR October 22nd - November 16th
What: Four Week Experience
Where: Entirely Online with one synchronous Wimba session for one hour
Why: Completion Results in Certification in Online Teaching and Learning

Prerequisites: Adequate typing skills and point and click confidence with the Internet.

Would you like to gain Certification in Teaching and Learning Online? Hone your skills as an online facilitator by registering for the Faculty Certification Course.

This course is a four week online experience which is made up of discussions, creations of products, and use of tools which will facilitate your online teaching. Whether you are a veteran online instructor, or a person interested in teaching online, this course will meet your needs. You will explore pedagogy concerning quality online teaching and learning practices. In addition, you will gain experience in using Wikis, Blogs, Wimba and Discussion Boards.

You will participate in a group project to create a unit of instruction for online delivery. This three week course will allow you to try out tools for online course instruction, and determine, from a learner point of view, which of these tools will assist you in your learning experience.

This course is limited to 24 participants.

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Build Your Online Course Workshop Series

When: Three dates to choose from: 

June 19, 21, 26 and 28 from 9am-noon

August 6, 8, 13, 15 from noon – 3pm

December 3, 5, 10, 12 from 9am-noon

What: Four half-day, hands on sessions
Where: face to face, Fine Arts 307
Why: This will assist you in building an online course that will meet UMKC certification standards

Prerequisites: Bring your syllabus and course materials

This series of four half-day workshops is designed to walk you through the steps necessary to de-sign your online course so that it meets the UMKC online certification criteria.

Each of the following half day sessions are intended to define the UMKC online course certification standards as well as to show examples of the tools that might best enable achievement of those standards. Each day, the workshop will begin with an overview of the standard being addressed and then a demonstration of some of the tools that might support accomplishment of that standard.

Participants will have time during each session to use the tools to begin building their course with-in a supported, hands-on environment.

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UMKC Online Course Design Rubric

The Instructional Design Department, with support of the Online Education Advisory Committee, developed an instrument for certifying UMKC online courses. Click here to access a copy of the UMKC Online Course Design Rubric.

 

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eMentors at UMKC

Cindy Aymot	Michael Henry	Peggy Ward-Smith

These faculty members can assist as you begin building or teaching online courses. Read more about eMentors, and see their introductory videos here.

 

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Organizers for Developing Your Course

Online course development template (Microsoft Word Document)

Sample Syllabus (With thanks to Matthew Livengood-Clouse)

 

Existing course materials for use in your online course

Merlot Learning Resources Repository

Online lectures from MIT

Online lectures from Harvard

Presentations from SlideShare

YouTube UMKC Channel

TED

Online Scholarly Resources

Journal of Online Teaching and Learning

The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration

AACE's EdITLIB

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Contact Instructional Design

If you have specific questions about or need to contact our division, please email Molly Mead  (meadmo@umkc.edu)

315 Fine Arts Building
5015 Holmes
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235-6595
(816) 235-1170 (Fax)
meadmo@umkc.edu

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