The world has changed in the last year, hasn’t it? Confined in our houses, we have learned to use the internet for many ordinary activities beyond what we had previously imagined. For many of us, this has also become a chance to consider online learning and training as a real opportunity. But…
… have you ever considered creating your own self-paced online course?
Self-paced online courses can effectively support traditional school education. They can cover secondary topics you don’t have the time to teach during the school year; or they can provide additional examples and explanations, thus assisting your students in learning from home.
Online materials for self-paced study can also complement a teaching strategy based on flipped education. Finally, you may like the idea to create an online course just to address a community of people having an interest in common with you, and share your expertise with them!
This course will provide you with the necessary capacities to manage your self-paced online course in a Learning Management System such as Moodle, create appealing visual content (presentations and videos), and complement a learning unit with effective online tasks, job-aids, quizzes, and other (self-)assessment tools.
Moreover, you will discover and learn how to apply the principles of instructional design, i.e. the practice of designing online courses in an efficient and appealing way by planning adequately the user’s e-learning path. Instructional design makes the process of learning more fluid and enjoyable and helps involve the students and avoid dropouts in digital learning.
The course draws on all the experience that we at Europass Teacher Academy have gathered in the last two years, while creating more than 30 self-paced online courses. As a participant, you will acquire novel digital competencies and skills with a very practical approach.
By the end of the course, you will have designed and developed the essential structure of your own project for a self-paced online course… and you’ll be ready to use your new digital expertise in your everyday (online) teaching with your school students.
- Teacher: Marco Fenici
- Teacher: Eva Herrero