Challenging the Choir: Adding Urgency to Online Course Development

Our university recently issued a directive to exponentially increase the number of online courses offered each year. With limited resources, our department created a nine-week program to organize faculty into small groups to develop online courses and focus campus conversations on teaching and learning online. Various obstacles have arisen from this model: fear of new pedagogical approaches, difficulty determining sustainable incentives, and apathy for creating an interdisciplinary community. This session is designed to leverage the expertise of attendees via interactive discussion, to collectively build strategies for strengthening community, streamlining faculty assistance in course development, and framing the program for cumulative impact.

OUTCOMES:
* Gain insight into online course development programs, opportunities, and challenges * Categorize methods to assist with measuring the success of online course development programs, the metrics available, and the methodology for analysis * Identify issues and solutions that address faculty readiness to develop online courses