Anglophone PDP Outline
Overall Objectives of the ACEP-PRECA Professional Development Program
Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Express an understanding of, and successfully complete the roles and responsibilities of specialist as outlined in the institutional project of their respective ODEL team.
- Develop a plan for ODEL within their specialist stream (Governance, Technology Development, and Instructional Design).
- Develop strategies to appropriately respond to the external and internal constraints of the institutional context and the needs of the ODEL client/user.
- Make real and ongoing contributions to a community of practice in ODEL.
Module 1 Introduction
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Successfully navigate within the WebCT course.
- Discuss the expectations for the participants and facilitators for the online PDP modules.
Module 2 Project Planning
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Categorize the various responsibilities of the Instructional Designer
- Differentiate crucial steps / phases of the Project lifecycle
- Describe key issues of staffing project teams
- Value the elements and principles of project development including project evaluation; budgeting; creation of a work plan; monitoring the ongoing development, and project closure.
Module 3 Needs Assessment
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Analyze and evaluate how needs analysis occurs in your institute.
- Identify the information that will be helpful for design and development.
- Recognize potential difficulties and consequences that can occur.
Module 4 Technology Planning
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Explain the major components of an effective technology plan.
- Describe a situational analysis of the existing technology infrastructure and skills.
- Determine the technology skills required and a plan for the development of these skills.
- Determine the technology requirement for the learning activities in your institutional project.
- Develop a process for developing a technology plan.
- Determine financial and sustainability considerations for your plan.
- Apply criterion for technology evaluation.
Module 5 Legal Issues
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Discuss copyright regulations as they relate to your institutional project.
- Explain the key points of software license agreements as they relate to your institutional project.
- Describe the basics of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a contract.
- Differentiate between a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a contract.
- Describe the key components of legal agreements including:
- Course lease agreements
- Site agreements
- Instructor/facilitator agreements
- Invigilator agreements
- Course development agreements
- Describe the roles and responsibilities for team members with respect to legal issues and concerns.
Module 6 Design and Development
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Define your role within the project
- Appraise the environment for design and development
- Differentiate the components of an online course
- Identify and explain the organization of a course in relation to the learning cycle
- Develop learning objectives
- Construct a performance assessment
- Devise instructional strategies for course content
- Determine suitable media options for your project
Module 7 Financial Management and Sustainability
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Identify, for ODeL Programs, components of the following types of costs:
- capital costs
- operating costs
- Identify the costs related to technology
- Identify the costs related to course and/or program delivery and services
- Describe strategies for technology sustainability
- Describe strategies for sustainable student support
- Identify the costs related to materials development
- Describe strategies during the development process that promote course sustainability
- Identify costs of management and governance of ODeL programs
- Describe strategies for sustainability of ODeL courses.
Module 8 Faculty and Student Support
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Outline components of faculty support required for quality ODeL.
- Outline components of student support required for quality ODeL
- Outline service processes
- Describe strategies for technology support for both faculty and students?
- Describe how the course development process can assist with student and faculty support.
- Identify how on campus services will be delivered to students.
- Create a detailed plan for support services for your institutional ODeL project
Module 9 Application Software and Computing Infrastructure
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Describe the process you use to select software and infrastructure
- Describe criteria used to select software and infrastructure
- Describe strategies for maintaining computing infrastructure
- Outline what you need software to do for course development, course delivery, and ODeL management.
Module 10 Quality Assurance
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for your institutional project.
- Explain your strategies for monitoring ODeL activities.
- Describe your evaluation and reporting plan for your ODeL program.
- Describe criteria for assessing the quality of an ODeL course.
- Describe criteria for assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of faculty and student support.
Module 11 Marketing and Partnerships
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Explain components of a marketing plan.
- Describe marketing strategies for your ODeL course.
- Outline criteria used when selecting groups, institutions or agencies to partner with.
- Describe strategies used to ensure that partnerships are mutually beneficial.
- Outline the benefits and challenges of partnerships for course development.
- Outline the benefits and challenges of partnerships for faculty and student support services.
Module 12 Administrative Process and Systems Integration
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Outline how technology can support your administrative processes for your ODeL project.
- Outline criteria to consider when planning systems integration.
- Outline the impact systems integration will have on your specialty stream within your ODeL project.
Module 13 Implementation and Evaluation
Specific Objectives - Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Create an implementation readiness checklist for your ODeL project.
- Outline your implementation process, including components of materials development, technology and delivery, as well as governance.
- Create an evaluation plan for your ODeL course.
- Describe how the results of your evaluation will be used.