Lake Forest Graduate School of ManagementOverview of Course Development

ProcessLarry Brook

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Begin to Collaborate with Subject Matter Expert

• Produce a finished product. Your primary responsibility as a SME is to design, develop, and write a production-ready online course on schedule, according to the format, style, and quality guidelines specified by the Instructional Designer (ID). All of your tasks flow out of this primary responsibility.

• Produce original material for online learning. Your writing must be original and reflect your own knowledge and research in the area of your assigned subject. We want to hear what you have to say, supported as appropriate from cited research sources outside the textbook.

• Be an available resource.

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Development Process

6. Evaluate

5. Evaluate – Produce – Implement Online

4. Develop Course Components in Contentmap

3. High Level Design

2. Analyze and Design with Principle Gate Keepers

1. SME Orientation – Analyze the Learning Project

One-on-One with ID for –

Project

Discussions

Written Assignments

Original Content

Training Intervention

Training Intervention

Training Intervention

Training Intervention

Training Intervention

Training Intervention

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Steps in Development

1. SME Orientation – Analyze the Learning Project

•Meet with ID in sessions via Wimba online conference. •Cover responsibilities, expectations.•Overall course design and development process. •Analyze the learning project.•Assess needs and learning gaps – and goals.•Based on Analysis, begin to plot High Level Design.

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Steps to Development

2. Analyze and Design with Principle Gate Keepers

• Gate Keepers and SME provide overall analysis and interpretation of course concept and purpose.

• Examine any documentation, knowledge sources, systems, processes relevant to learning.

• Discuss scope and sequence of learning.• Prescribed assessment, certification requirements,

credential details.

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Steps to Development

3. High Level Design

• ID conducts series of training sessions to outline the stages of High Level Design.

• Complete the stages of the High Level Design for the course.

• Special focus on objectives and mapping back to syllabus

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Sample Syllabus

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Foundation HLD

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HLD 1

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HLD 2

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HLD 3

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Steps to Development

4. Develop Course Components in Contentmap

• Partner with Subject Matter Expert on Project, Discussion Questions, Written Assignments, Original Content.

• Development is less linear, more in a spiral. • Write course components guided by highly prescribed

templates. • This is followed by rapid feedback for correction and

confirmation.

To Maximize Learning, We Develop for -

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Motivation

Interaction

Feedback

Ease of Use

Aesthetics

We Develop Interaction through Course Activities

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• Sample Interactive Animations

• Curiosity• Creative construction

of learning• Discovery• Social/ Dialogue• Communication • Negotiation• Critical Thinking• Self-regulation• Team building• Diversity awareness• Listening• Shared responsibility

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Steps to Development

5. Evaluate – Produce – Implement Online

• All components of course go through in-house evaluation – 1-3 cycles, depending on complexity.

• Components are evaluated by originally designated gate keepers.

• Course submitted to production, IT, Media Developers in spiral with evaluation.

• Course goes online 3 weeks before delivery time.• Instructors have final chance for evaluation, trouble-

shooting.

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Steps to Development

6. Evaluate

• Evaluation cycles back from live course via Personal Support Center.• Technical navigation issues• Angel LMS platform operation• Content & Media, Animations• Assessments

• If course is broken, we fix it now.• Long-term – courses are recycled for redevelopment.

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Last Step