DESIGN AND CREATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR ONLINE COURSES

Catalog description

Three hours of lecture, discussion and laboratory per week. The steps in designing and creating educational materials for online courses are described and explained. The ideal characteristics, from a pedagogical point of view, are described for each of these materials and their effect on learning, according to empirical evidence. Tools and applications available to facilitate the creation of these digital materials are presented and discussed. Various of these digital materials (e.g. podcasts, infographs, voice-overs, videos, screencasts) will be planned and created as practice.