Designing Master Courses that Promote Significant, Engaged Learning

In the last decade, significant emphasis has been placed on the process of creating quality online courses, with distance learning staff collaborating with faculty to create engaging and meaningful online course content. One way to meet the challenge of designing quality online courses, given the time and financial investment, is to create what is frequently termed a “master course”. During this session, participants will actively engage with the presenters in a meaningful discussion about instructional design strategies, models, and choices that help to promote significant, engaged learning. We will spend time exploring the operationalization and research around the master course model and switching from instructor-centered to learner-centered design. The session will culminate in take-away design strategies to elevate learner-centered design in a master course.