Week
One
Tuesday, Lesson 1
What's all
the fuss about? ~ In lesson one, we are going to examine what Web-Based
Training is, how we got here, how it stacks up, the current state of the art,
and look at the future of WBT.
Friday,
Lesson 2
Migrating from classroom to the Internet
~ In
this lesson, we explore the differences between classroom and distance
learning and how to integrate WBT in your existing class.
Week
Two
Tuesday,
Lesson 3
Dealing with "techno phobia"
~ The
urban myth exists that you must have a PhD in computer science to build WBT.
In this lesson, we will start the de-mystification process by
mastering HTML.
Friday, Lesson 4
LMS, CMS? I'm confused
~ We
are going to clear up the mystery and have your first classroom up and
running at the conclusion of this lesson.
Week
Three
Tuesday, Lesson 5
Content Management System
~ A
simple class can be created on a word processor, but for most applications
you'll do better with some additional software. In this lesson, we look at
the various
courseware
options available.
Friday, Lesson 6
Writing content for E-Learning
~
We are going to look into the components of effective instructional design, how to
write to the audience, and how to decide on the tone of your conversation
with your students.
Week
Four
Tuesday, Lesson 7
Design
Considerations
~
In this lesson, we'll examine the organizational
structure of the class; examining navigational strategies and visual
elements of classroom design.
Friday, Lesson 8
Making your class interesting
~ If
all your class amounts to is reading text on a computer screen, you're in
real trouble. In this lesson, we'll examine a variety of inexpensive
tools that you can use to add graphics and interactive e-learning tools.
Week Five
Tuesday,
Lesson 9
Adding Streaming Multimedia
~ Audio, video and narrated
slide presentations are
not nearly as difficult or expensive to create as you might imagine. We are going to
look at where multimedia fits and how to produce it -- without breaking the budget.
Friday, Lesson 10
Facilitating a class
~ Now comes
the actual teaching. We are going to look at all the ways of getting involved
with your students, synchronous vs. asynchronous discussion, chat rooms,
bulletin boards, live conferencing and meetings. We will also discover where to find the
freebies and how to get students to participate.
Week Six
Tuesday, Lesson 11
Testing,
grading and cheating
~ How to utilize the assessment process to enhance
student learning. Where
to find free test writing software, how to write good interactive
questions, as well as E-cheating and plagiarism.
Friday, Lesson 12
You can
lead a horse to water ~ How to get
buy-ins from your executives, middle managers, colleagues and, finally, from
your target audience of students. What causes resistance and how to
overcome it.
