Program Overview
Program Overview
The program "How To Do Online Learning" is designed to show academics how online learning is delivered, enabling them to understand the processes involved, the pedagogy, the business case, and how to produce, publish, and support an online course.
Designed For
- Academics wanting to create an online learning course
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the history of online learning development
- Differentiate between "high touch" versus "light touch" online learning
- Determine the difference between quality versus scale
- Understand the process of eLearning development – including content production, delivery, and support
- Demonstrate an understanding of the business of online learning
- Discover future directions
Course Units
- Tutorial 1: Introduction to construct and delivery of online and mobile learning
- Tutorial 2: Learning design principles
- Tutorial 3: Low touch online learning pedagogy
- Tutorial 4: High touch online learning pedagogy
- Tutorial 5: Course evaluation in online learning
- Tutorial 6: Understanding the business of online learning
- Tutorial 7: Working with a course development and delivery service (MLU)
- Tutorial 8: Working with a course development and delivery service (MSPACE)
- Tutorial 9: Creating a course - trouble shooting
Knowledge and Skills
- Develop an understanding of how online courses are developed and the processes involved
- Learn about the basic principles around learning design
- Learn both low and high touch design pedagogy
- How course evaluation is applied
- Develop an understanding of the principles of sustainability and costs to run an online course
- Learn about how the Mobile Learning Unit produces online courses
- Learn about how MSPACE produces online courses
Assessment
The assessment is submission of the 9-tutorial self-assessments and 10 case studies to reinforce learning. A certificate is provided upon satisfactory completion of the course.
Delivery Mode
Course completion requires approximately 10 hours of online learning. This course is delivered online and students can study in their own time and location. Course materials can be accessed using a web browser.
Course Director
Professor Colin Royse MBBS, MD, FANZCA, Academic Director of Custom and Professional Education (Health), MDHS, The University of Melbourne
Team
- Betina Przybylak, Professional Education Coordinator, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
- Rachel Enders BBiomed, MMgmt (Mktg), Project Manager, (Academic Programs)
- Dr David Kok BMedSci, MBBS, MEd, FRANZCR
- Dr Edmond Kwan MBBS, FRACP
- Dr Sathana Dushyanthen BSc, MbioMedSc, PhD
- Edwina Coller, Business Manager, Mobile Learning Unit
Fees
Course Fee
The course fee is $605 AUD (inc GST). Students will have access to all course materials for a full 12 months.
Discounted Fee
AUD $302.50 (incl. GST)
Course Details
There are no set entry requirements for this course. The course is online, self-paced, and ready when you are — start anytime.