Online Course Design Camps

Module-making camp is a 3-day event on building or refreshing your hybrid or online courses. We will work intensively to support you as you design one online learning module for a course that you will be teaching. We ask that you to set aside the time to attend all the sessions, complete the creation of an online module at the end and present it to your colleagues.

A learning module is a collection of subject-related teaching materials that is carefully sequenced and chunked. In addition to course content, modules contain learning outcomes, directions for use, learning activities and ways to ascertain whether students have understood the material. Learning modules are the building blocks of hybrid and online courses and usually contain one week’s worth of work for students to complete.

In this adaptation of module-making camp, participants will build an orientation or welcome module for their students. With these “week-zero” materials and activities, students can learn course information or begin to introduce themselves to each other and the instructor before the first day of class. This allows the instructor to begin the first day of class with a focus on course content and helps students better understand the goals and structure of the course. The camp is 3 days long and includes time for individualized support and for hands-on work with tools such as VoiceThread and Padlet and skills such as preparing students for hybrid/online courses, recording a welcome video, designing ice-break activities and creating plans to communicate and interact with students. At the end of the camp, participants will create and present the materials and activities in the week-zero module for an online course that they may teach in the future.

Are you ready for the upcoming semester? Does your course include ways to introduce your students to your content? In this 1-day condensed version of Week Zero camp, we will introduce faculty to the art of creating an orientation module for their courses. With these “week-zero” materials and activities, students can learn course information or begin to introduce themselves to each other and the instructor before the first day of class. We will explore tools such as VoiceThread and Padlet and learn to prepare students for hybrid/online courses, record a welcome video, design ice-break activities, and create plans to communicate and interact with students. Whether you’re new to the orientation module or need a refresher, this camp is for you.

After a challenging year of remote learning, we can all appreciate the ability to be flexible and pivot quickly. Do you need new ideas or strategies for your in-person or online class sessions? Are you ready to learn or get a refresher on a tech tool? Join us for a three-day camp on designing a course that builds on your existing materials and can be changed to a different modality (in-person or online) when the need arises. Like in previous module-making camps, there will be a mixture of presentations, time for individualized support and hands-on work with tools such as Padlet, Hypothes.is, and SnagIt.

Participants will plan changes, design new activities, create course materials, or set up their Blackboard Grade Center. During the last session, participants will share their work and get feedback from colleagues. We ask that you commit to three days of camp and complete the plan of a flexible week for a course that you will be teaching.

Do you need new ideas for activities in your synchronous and asynchronous class sessions? Are you ready to learn and use a new tool? Or perhaps you need a refresher on tools you currently use? Join us for a three-day camp on revising and improving your courses. Like in previous module-making camps, there will be a mixture of presentations, time for individualized support and hands-on work with tools such as Hypothes.is and Padlet.

Participants will plan changes, design new activities, create course materials, or set up their Blackboard Grade Center. During the last session, participants will share their work and get feedback from colleagues. We ask that you commit to three days of camp and complete a component of a class that you will implement in the near future.

Did you participate in one of the many Module-making or Week-zero camps held during summer 2020? Have your students gone through the modules that you carefully designed? How did everything go? Unqualified success? Some parts in need of tweaking?

Come to one of the camp reunions we are hosting and share your insights from the fall semester as well as get a refresher on the tech tools you started experimenting with. The camp facilitators will be there to hear about experiences and answer your questions.

If you were not able to attend one of the camps this past summer, you are also warmly invited to join, participate, and learn at one of the reunions.

Please register to receive details about how to join us.