What are the issues with online courses?
Some of these are readability of text, pacing, and accessibility. All of these should be considered early on in the design of a course to avoid having to make time-consuming revisions ...
What is the best practice for accessibility?
Generally, simple is best. In all your documents as well as when writing in Blackboard, important information should not be emphasized with color alone. For example, don’t say “Assignments in green are due on Wednesday and assignments in red are due on Friday.”.
What is universal design?
Universal Design refers to the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design (Kearns et. al. 2).
How easy is it for students to understand your lectures, commentary, or readings?
How easy is it for your students to understand your lectures, commentary, or readings? The difficulty or ease with which a reader can comprehend a text is referred to as its “readability.” Many faculty have a finely-attuned sense of when the text is pitched to an appropriate audience, but our expertise can also lead us to misjudge the level at which we present content. For example, if we are used to writing for a scholarly audience, we may need to rethink our presentation to undergraduate students in an introductory course.
Does Microsoft Word provide Flesch Kincaid?
While Microsoft Word can provide the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease and Grading Level scores, there are also online resources that can provide this information and more. Here are examples of the web tools that are out there:
Readability
- How easy is it for your students to understand your lectures, commentary, or readings? The difficulty or ease with which a reader can comprehend a text is referred to as its “readability.” Many faculty have a finely-attuned sense of when the text is pitched to an appropriate audience, but our expertise can also lead us to misjudge the level at which we present content. For exampl…
Pacing
- As mentioned in the Preparation for Teaching Online workshop, be careful not to overload your course with more work than would be assigned in a traditional face-to-face course. This is sometimes done out of a lack of confidence in the online medium itself. But realize this—your textbook assignment is still the same, but in addition to whatever text or online articles, publishe…
Accessibility and Universal Design
- What is Accessibility and Universal Design? 1. Accessibilityin online education refers to an inclusive design concept in which all students can perceive, understand, navigate, interact, and contribute to their web-based courses. 2. Universal Designrefers to the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for ad…
Things to Think About
- Are there any indications from your student course evaluations or from what you have observed about student performance on specific assignments that a substantial subset of students are struggling...
- Are there any accessibility issues in your course that are already obvious to you? For example, do you ever use any videos in your class that do not contain captions or are accompanied by …
- Are there any indications from your student course evaluations or from what you have observed about student performance on specific assignments that a substantial subset of students are struggling...
- Are there any accessibility issues in your course that are already obvious to you? For example, do you ever use any videos in your class that do not contain captions or are accompanied by a transcr...
Things to Do
- Run a section of your course reading material through a readability index and consider the results.
- Consider the Diversity of Learners in Higher Education—check your course for the following points and how you might achieve these:
Accessibility and Universal Design References
- “Accessibility Best Practices for eTeaching.” Teaching and Learning Collaborative. The George Washington University. http://info.uwe.ac.uk/online/Blackboard/staff/guides/accessibleContent.asp(accessed April 20, 2015). SPS Faculty Community Quick Guides on Accessibility and Universal Design in Learning, …
Other References
- Some of this material has been adapted from Ko, S. S., & Rossen, S. (2010). Teaching online: A practical guide(3rd ed.). New York: Routledge.
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