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Online Course Design and Preparation

Online Course Design Best Practices

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- Enrichment Courses, Faculty, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Developing and Teaching an Online Course
- $199.00
- Developing and Teaching an Online Course is your surest path to online teaching success. This content-rich, 20- to 25-hour Magna Online Course provides core principles and best practices in online teaching - to get you up and running fast, without costly and frustrating false starts.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Technology in Online Courses
- What Are 5 Ways H5P Tools Can Help Students Retain Course Content?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- If you are in need ideas to increase student engagement in your course, this 20-Minute Mentor demonstrates the value that H5P tools can provide, and examples of how to use them, to engage students in content and instructions in ways that improve comprehension and retention.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Create a Meaningful Service-Learning Project for my Online Class?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Discover how to integrate meaningful communication skills with instruction and reflection to enrich the online student learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities through service learning.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- What Are the Benefits—and Challenges—of Hyflex Instruction?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For faculty who feel overwhelmed with hyflex instruction, this 20-Minute Mentor shows how the benefits of hyflex teaching outweigh the challenges for both teachers and students alike while delivering time saving successful strategies to employ.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- What Are Best Practices for Online Pedagogy?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For faculty who are looking to improve or are just not conversant with online teaching, this 20-Minute Mentor establishes the overall goal of virtual instruction while providing clear, practical, and proven online learning best practices.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- What’s Different About Teaching Online, and How Do I Change So My Students Succeed?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor provides a clear distinction between online learning and face to face learning differentiating best practices and course design for more effective instruction.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Redesign a Classroom Assignment for Online Teaching?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- This 20-Minute Mentor focuses on the instructional considerations necessary for supporting student learning online and the numerous factors for achieving online student success.
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- Faculty, Multiple Presenter Courses, OC Discounts, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Courses, Online Student Engagement
- Practical Solutions for Faculty: Engaging Students
- $329.00
- Whether you are teaching face-to-face, online, or in a blended setting, this Magna Online Course is your one-stop shop for all things student engagement. A wealth of practical strategies and advice from experienced educators is waiting for you!
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Effectively Move Peer Reviews Online?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For online teachers who need to engage students in a peer view of written assignments, this 20-Minute Mentor details specific instructions of how to accomplish this online, as well as what technology tools are best suited for this process.
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- Faculty, Multiple Presenter Courses, OC Discounts, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Courses, Technology in Online Courses
- Start Teaching Online
- $329.00
- For educators who are unsure about where to start when it comes to teaching online, this Magna Online Course will help with the main areas of planning, engaging, and teaching online and serve as the essential foundation of teaching online.
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- Books, Faculty, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- Remote Teaching and Learning: Reflections and Practical Advice
- $39.00
- Remote Teaching and Learning: Reflections and Practical Advice presents fresh strategies and advice from faculty who were successful during the 2020–2021 period of remote instruction. Gain expert, proven insights from fellow colleagues that implemented effective teaching methods and see for yourself how you can use them in your own classroom.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Incorporate Best Practices into My Online Teaching?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For faculty teaching online who are in need of advice on effective online teaching, this 20-Minute Mentor provides best practices from an experienced online educator for creating and delivering your course.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
- Contemplative Pedagogy for Purposeful Teaching
- $29.00 – $697.00
- For faculty who are frustrated with the rapid, "get-it-done" pivot to remote instruction, this Magna Online Seminar provides strategies and tactics to immediately incorporate contemplative pedagogy into your teaching practice to provide more meaningful instruction and interactions.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars, Online Student Engagement
- Using Microlearning to Improve Student Understanding of Course Content
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar details how microlearning differs from traditional learning, while also exploring the advantages of microlearning, and how to create microlearning modules using different tools.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars, Student Engagement
- Using Active Listening to Deepen Student Engagement in Live Remote Classes
- $29.00 – $697.00
- For faculty teaching online who are having issues with their students being distracted and not engaging with their content, this special, reduced-price online seminar will provide multiple proven strategies for teaching active listening across various online teaching formats.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Technology in Online Courses
- How Can I Optimize Announcements to Help Online Students Navigate My Class?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For online instructors or teachers who want to maximize learning without significantly adding to instructor workload, this 20-Minute Mentor details how comprehensive communication, grounded in pedagogy, can enhance learning even through simple tools such as course announcements.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Do I Create Questions that Stimulate Engaging Conversations in Online Discussion Boards?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For faculty who are teaching online and don’t see student engagement on the discussion boards, this Magna 20-Minute Mentor gives actionable advice on creating questions that promote critical thinking and generate meaningful discussion.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Technology in Online Courses
- How Can I Make My Video Lectures Effective and Engaging?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For online instructors who are creating a new online course or converting their face to face course to an online course, this 20-Minute Mentor gives actionable ideas on how to make short, engaging videos that will align with the way students learn online.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Do I Structure Virtual Office Hours to Promote Student Use?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For faculty teaching online, especially in a remote content delivery method who are struggling to find a meaningful way to hold office hours without overly scheduling themselves, this 20-Minute Mentor gives practical advice that instructors can follow immediately to design, schedule, and facilitate online office hours to maximize students’ use.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Create a Meaningful Online Learning Experience for Students?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- For instructors who are new to teaching online who need guidance in creating a learning-centered online classroom, this 20-Minute Mentor shows the benefits of a learning paradigm (vs. a teaching paradigm) in the online classroom.
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- Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Seminars
- “Help! I’m Moving My Course Online!”– Practical Advice for New Online Instructors
- $0.00 – $197.00
- Do you need to rapidly transition to online instruction? Can’t afford the trial and error approach? This free Magna Online Seminar will give you practical advice about the need-to-have basics for quickly and successfully transitioning your course online, from an experienced online educator.
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- Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, OC Discounts, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Courses
- Developing and Teaching an Online Course
- $329.00
- Developing and Teaching an Online Course is your surest path to online teaching success. This content-rich, 20- to 25-hour Magna Online Course provides core principles and best practices in online teaching—to get you up and running fast, without costly and frustrating false starts.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Designing Online Learning to Spark Intrinsic Motivation
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This seminar helps you engage your students so they rediscover their natural curiosity and drive to learn. Learn how to incorporate specific instructional strategies that help students align their personal goals with your course content so they can see the value in learning what you teach.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How to Design and Facilitate Online Discussions that Improve Student Learning and Engagement
- $29.00 – $697.00
- Learn several design and facilitation ideas to help you create a better learning experience for your students. You'll see examples of online discussion activities, including student posts and instructor feedback to those posts as well as an assessment rubric template you can use to evaluate the quality of your online discussions and help you adapt what you learn in this webinar to your own online courses.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Online Learning through Instructional Design
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This seminar provides you with the tools to seamlessly transition from face-to-face courses to an online learning format.
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- COVID-19 Resource, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- 7 Things to Consider Before Developing an Online Course
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar gives you strategies to maximize your planning and design timeframe—all leading to a more efficient course (i.e. less stress for you when you're teaching) and a better experience for your students.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Applying Andragogy to Online Course Design to Increase Student Engagement and Success
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This Magna Online Seminar will provide strategies to apply adult learner principles in online courses to enable high expectations and promote student success across diverse adult learners.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Online Course Design and Preparation
- Online Course Design Strategies to Increase Student Completion Rates
- $29.00 – $697.00
- This seminar offers practical course design strategies to facilitate equitable learning opportunities for all learners by leveraging transparent design and Universal Design for Learning principles.
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- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Blended and Flipped Learning, Course Delivery and Instruction, Course Design and Preparation, Department and Program Evaluation and Assessment, Digital Library, Faculty, Faculty Support, Group Subscription, Institutional Culture, Leadership, Legal Concerns, Monday Morning Mentor, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Program Evaluation and Assessment, Online Program Strategy, Personal and Professional Development for Academic Leaders, Specific Student Populations, Student Engagement, Supporting Online Faculty, Teaching Strategies
- Monday Morning Mentor
- $999.00
- Monday Morning Mentor delivers one of our popular Magna 20-Minute Mentor online programs each week - 16 in the fall and 16 in the spring.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Do I Set Students up for Success in Online Courses?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Beginnings matter, whether you're teaching students face-to-face or online. Find out how you can make the most of online course introductions. In this fast and focused session, you'll discover how you can transform course introductions from ho-hum exercises in housekeeping into time-saving, inspirational new beginnings.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Technology in Online Courses
- How Can I Use LMS Intelligent Agents to Increase Interaction in My Online Classes?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Intelligent agents are automated notifications within learning management systems that can be scheduled to run automatically or manually to track activity within a course. Intelligent agents can be used in a multitude of roles, whether it be as a digital teaching assistant, a digital tutor, or a digital secretary.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Personal Development
- How Can Online Instructors Better Manage Their Workload?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- About 60-70% of faculty believe that teaching online courses is more work intensive than teaching face-to-face courses. Factors include course preparation before teaching, managing sometimes unwieldy online discussions, and even fielding student questions around the clock.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Create an Effective Syllabus for My Online Class?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- The syllabus can not only help a student navigate the course content, but it also can become a substitute for first-day-of-class conversations, detail major assignments, and explain online-specific requirements such as technology required, netiquette, or recycled writing policies. Learn how to make an effective syllabus for online courses that will help you create a smoothly running class.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Technology in Online Courses
- How Can Media Richness Theory and Social Presence Theory Improve My Instruction?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Attrition rates are 10% to 20% higher in online courses than their face-to-face counterparts. While online course formats offer convenient methods of instruction, poor course development often leads to high attrition rates. This program explores how applying Media Richness Theory (MRT) and Social Presence Theory to online course design and instruction can aid overall program retention and student satisfaction.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can the Three C’s of Course Design Enhance Students’ Online Performance?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- This informative program offers several concrete methods for increasing student engagement in the online classroom. It's unique in that it focuses on three key elements of effective online course design. By considering consistency, creativity, and community, you'll be better able to engage your online students and promote student success.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Do I Create Social Presence in My Online Classes?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Learn the tools and techniques for successfully building social presence in online courses.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Do I Create a Lively, Yet Functional, Online Classroom?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Explore ways to run an efficient, predictable online classroom and, at the same time, make students feel that they have an authentic, transparent relationship with you.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Technology in Online Courses
- What Are the Secrets to Making Highly Effective Educational Videos?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Learn the process of conceiving, producing, and posting your own educational videos—that doesn't require you to get in front of the camera.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can Course Design Help Prevent Online Cheating?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Learn the techniques that other schools have successfully used to slash the potential of cheating, assuage student anxiety about their academic performance, and propel them toward being more honest, self-reliant learners.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Design Academic Integrity into My Online Programs?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Identify academic-integrity tools and techniques that can be adapted to fit the specific needs of your program or institution-and learn the three-stage process for putting these policies and procedures into practice.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Get Useful Feedback to Improve My Online Teaching?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Learn how evaluation can help you to improve students experience, identify your professional development needs, and prepare for formal performance reviews, including promotion and tenure committees.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement
- How Can I Make Online Group Projects More Effective?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Examine the fundamental processes in collaborative learning. Learn methods for enhancing student satisfaction with online group work and see how to integrate current technology to enhance the effectiveness and ease of asynchronous collaboration.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Online Course Design and Preparation
- How Can I Save Time and Money by Repurposing Online Content?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- This session will inspire you to look at your existing work in new ways. Seeing all the future uses of your online education materials will motivate you to take your course preparation work to the next level.
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