This course examines the processes and approaches using courseware to design and develop learning objects. This course will focus on the systematic processes and techniques of computer-mediated instruction that include analysis, design, development, implementation, and assessment.

Overview of Courseware Authoring

• Examine courseware-authoring applications.
• Review the steps of the systematic design of instruction model.
• Apply the steps of the systematic design process to a courseware-authoring plan.

Analysis Phase

• Identify the general characteristics of a target population in the analysis phase of a courseware-authoring plan.
• Use a needs assessment in the analysis phase of a courseware-authoring plan.
• Determine the format (e.g., structured versus self-paced) of the courseware-authoring plan from the analysis phase.

Design Phase

• Examine the components of a properly written performance objective.
• Write measurable instructional objectives that meet the needs identified in the analysis phase of the courseware-authoring plan.
• Design content and course instruction clearly and logically.

Development Phase

• Apply effective instructional strategies that meet the needs identified in the analysis phase of the courseware-authoring plan.
• Identify development tools for Web-based courseware-authoring applications.
• Compare and contrast development tools for Web-based courseware-authoring applications.
• Select a Web-based courseware-authoring application (e.g., Blackboard^®, WebCT^®).

Implementation Phase

• Determine the proper modality of the instructional content.
• Analyze different instructional functions within the selected courseware.
• Examine different approaches that stimulate learner interest.
• Identify different approaches that increase learner engagement.

Assessment Phase

• Compare and contrast assessment tools in courseware-authoring applications.
• Compare and contrast traditional assessment with alternative assessment.