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Why Study this Course Writing and Development Course?
Course Writing and Development is an online learning course that teaches you the necessary skills of both a good teacher and a professional writer.
To be a good course writer, you need to be multi-skilled. This is the right course for those who want to develop and enhance their skills in writing and later combine their knowledge in teaching and writing.
Course Aims:
- Determine an appropriate basis for developing a course to suit a given need.
- Write course documentation and materials methodically and with clarity.
- Explain differences between levels of study, particularly in post secondary education.
- Write curriculum documentation for a course.
- Identify and evaluate sources for course materials and support services for a course.
- Plan and create a variety of course materials to support learning
- Establish procedures for reviewing and updating established course materials.
- Compare relative values of formal course endorsement systems.
- Plan the implementation of a developed course
Lesson Structure
1. Bases for Education
- Approaches to Education
- Teacher Centred Learning
- Student Centred Learning: PBL, Experiential, Montessori, Self paced learning
- Specialist or Generalist Education
- Competency Based Training
- Homework
- Delivery Modes
- Issues For Learning; Lifelong learning, Foundation skill development, Reinforcement
- Problem Based Learning
- Education Contextualization
- Trends, Ethics, Equity
- Establishing Course Aims
2. Course Writing Methodologies
- Developing Courses
- Course Outlines
- Curriculum Documentation
- Study Notes
- Continuous or Periodic Course Review and Development
- Identifying Needs; student perspective, educators perspective, family perspective, community and industry perspective
- Identifying Resources; student and teacher
- Writing Aims, Competencies and Assessment Criteria
- Writing Course Notes
- Writing Practicals
- Writing for Clarity and Understanding; principles of good writing, structuring the course
- Coding Courses
- Flexible Delivery
- Applying Strategies for Flexible Delivery
- Course Components; Assignments, Exercises, Brainstorming, Buzz Groups, Demonstration, Discussion, Case Study, Guest Speakers, Laboratory Work, Lecture, Mutual Lectures, Practical Workshop, Project, Tutorials
3. Level of Study
- Determining Appropriate Level of Study; Quantitative and Qualitative Factors
- Descriptors
- Duration
- Assessment
- Levels of Training; e.g. varying certificate levels between UK and Australia
- Lessons and lesson plans
- Determining level required
- Identifying student needs
- Allowing for different modes of study
- Structuring a lesson
- Timing a lesson
- Evaluating and improving a lesson
- Levels and kinds of Language
- Language of learning, and Professional language
- Determining level of Training
- Skills and Training Objectives; Competence
4. Curriculum Documentation
- Scope and Nature
- Examples
- Structure and Layout
5. Course Materials
- Introduction
- Teaching Resources
- Learning Resources
- PBL Project; Develop a new course with minimum use of limited resources: financial and other.
6. Course Material Creation
- Developing knowledge
- Applying Knowledge
- Reflection and Review
- Developing Skills
- Innovation and Flexibility
- Types of Support Materials; documentation, visual elements and illustration, technical aids
- Factors to Consider when Writing Support Materials
- Writing for Distance Education; Problems and Solutions
- Writing a Question
- Dealing with Practical Aspects of Education
- Clarity and Consciousness
- Improving Clarity
- Understanding Causes of Confusion
- Ways to Write Concisely
- Differentiating between Guidelines, Instructions and Procedures
- Correspondence Course Structure
- Writing PBL Documentation
- Handouts
- Visual Materials; Illustration, Charts
- Audio Materials, Recorded Presentations
- Digital Technology; Educational Applications for Digital Technologies
- Multimedia
- The Internet
7. Reviewing and Updating Courses
- Change and Inertia in Education
- Policies and Procedures to Support Change
- How to Review a Course
- Procedure for Changing an Established Course
- Procedure for Maintaining Currency
8. Recognition and Accreditation
- Who can Provide Education
- Universal Recognition; Is it Possible
- Scope of Endorsement Systems
- Recognition and Qualifications
- What is Accreditation
- The Value of Accreditation
- Accreditation Myths
- Recognition and Accreditation Systems
- Trends
- Who accredits or recognizes what
- Secondary, Vocational, University Education
- Industry Training Boards
- Accreditation Authorities
- Other Forms of Recognition
9. Application and Implementation
- Delivering Classroom Based Courses
- Session Organisation
- Delivering Practical Courses Outside a Classroom
- Delivering Distance Education Courses
- Customizing Distance Education
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Purpose of Assessment
- Formulative, Cumulative and Summative Assessment
- Assessment Policies and Procedures
- Marking Guidelines for Assignments
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- Experienced Tutor support
- Certificate sent to you
- Online study (Printed notes available)
- Self paced - no set timetable
- 12 months to complete course
From: $25.00 / week for 26 weeks