OTL 605 - Educational Planning and Development for Online Programs

Units: 3
History of innovation in education and its effect on educational culture and thought. Organizational and managerial issues, problems, decision-making and solutions for successful implementation of online programs. Solutions to unique problems in online teaching environments, such as intensive faculty development and support.

Prerequisites: All of: OTL 601, OTL 602, OTL 603, OTL 604.
Co-requisites: OTL 606.
Equivalent Quarter Course: OTL 6705.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely Online.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Discuss key issues that confront online program development.
Evaluate critical “program success” factors and their implications for program design.
Discuss potential constraints and barriers to launching an online program, and procedures to deal with them.
Identify stakeholders who should be involved in the planning and implementation processes.
Justify the importance of “universal design” considerations as the program is planned.