Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10-27-09
ELN114  2010 Spring – 2010 Fall	LEC   3.0 Credit(s)   3.0 Period(s)   3.0 Load   Occ
Building Community with Online Learners
Procedures for building a community in an eLearning environment. Includes personalization of learning, collaborative learning, and transformative learning. Foundations for building an online community and technology usage also covered. Prerequisites: None.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
ELN114  2010 Spring – 2010 Fall	Building Community with Online Learners

 

1.         Describe issues and concerns related to online learning. (I)

2.         Identify skills needed to be an online instructor. (I)

3.         Identify skills students need to be successful in an online course. (I)

4.         Summarize the importance of “community” in an eLearning environment. (I)

5.         Explain personalized learning and its importance for online students. (II)

6.         Summarize procedures for personalizing learning for online students. (II)

7.         Assess the relationship between community and technology in an eLearning environment. (III)

8.         Use technology to facilitate community-building in an online course. (III)

9.         Summarize the foundations for building a community in the eLearning environment. (IV)

10.       Differentiate between the roles and functions of the instructor and students in building an online community. (IV)

11.       Explain the role of collaborative learning in the eLearning environment. (V)

12.       Use various collaborative learning techniques in an online class. (V)

13.       Explain transformative learning. (VI)

14.       Incorporate learning activities to encourage student reflection in an online class. (VI)

15.       Summarize the importance of evaluating an online learning community. (VII)

16.       Evaluate an online learning community. (VII)

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
ELN114  2010 Spring – 2010 Fall		Building Community with Online Learners

 

I.          Online Learning

            A.        Issues and Concerns

            B.        Students

            C.        Necessary Skills

                        1.         For Instructors

                        2.         For Students

            D.        Online Community

            E.         Social Presence

            F.         Community in an Online Classroom

II.        Personalizing Online Learning

            A.        Need for Human Contact

            B.        Shared Responsibility, Rules, and Norms

            C.        Roles and Participation

            D.        Time Spent Online

            E.         Online Groups

            F.         Other Issues to Consider

III.       Technology and Online Communities

            A.        Relationship Between Community and Technology

            B.        Technology as a Facilitation Tool

            C.        Technical Difficulties

IV.       Foundations for Building Community

            A.        Course Design

            B.        Course Site Design

            C.        Syllabus and Lessons

            D.        Evaluation

            E.         Teaching and Learning Online

                        1.         Effectiveness

                        2.         Instructor Roles and Functions

                        3.         Learner Roles and Functions

V.        Promoting Collaborative Learning

            A.        Shared Goals for Learning

            B.        Problem-Based Learning

            C.        Inquiry

            D.        Questioning Techniques

            E.         Facilitation Techniques

            F.         Feedback

VI.       Transformative Learning

            A.        Learning About Learning

            B.        Online Reflection

VII.     Assessment and Evaluation of Online Community

            A.        Student Performance

            B.        Course Evaluation

            C.        Program Evaluation