Tutorials -- Course Development

Web Resources - Instructional Design

Distance Education Standards: OSU Extended Campus standards for providing quality distance education programs and courses.
Baccalaureate Core Criteria and Rationale: Provisions from the Academic Regulations.
OSU Curriculym Guidelines: Assessment, Committees and Councils, Curriculum, Program Reviews (UAPRs), About Us - Directory.

The Taxonomy Table: How to Write Objectives: Interactive table demonstrating 7 levels of thinking, types of assessment, and examples of well-written learning objectives.
Quality Assurance Checklist: Assess the quality of the course design and materials prior to delivering a distance course using this checklist of links to tutorials.

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The Instructional Use of Learning Objects: Online book that discusses the connection of learning objects to instruction and learning.

American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC): Courseware Tools.
IEEE Reference Guide for Instructiontal Design and Development: Online or Acrobat versions available.
Faculty Technology Orientation: OSU's myriad services for faculty and staff.

Increasing Students’ Interactivity in an Online Course: M Cecil Smith and Amy Winking-Diaz. Northern Illinois University. Efforts were undertaken to increase students’ interactivity in an online course in adult development. The purpose was to increase students’ engagement with the course materials, heighten their online discussions, and deepen their thinking about course-related concepts, theoretical principles, and research findings.

Connections Academy is a new school with no walls: Students will do much of their work online at San Diego's newest charter school. Maureen Magee. Union-Tribute. April 18, 2004.
Content Delivery in the 'Blogosphere': Richard E. Ferdig, Ph.D., and Kaye D. Trammell, University of Florida.