E-Learning - Course Development

Faculty, Program Coordinators and Deans are key in the development of online courses here at Southwestern Community College. Course development is supported through professional development, and one-on-one consultations from the E-Learning department a to assist with development of course materials, assessments and technical issues.

To ensure the consistent quality development of web-centered courses, Southwestern has established a course review process for new web-centered course offerings. This program ensures that courses are reviewed prior to the start of a term based on a checklist developed by the e-learning committee. 

Once a course is chosen to be run online (or in some cases a new instructor is chosen to offer an existing online course), the course will be required to complete the Course Readiness Review. To prepare, faculty may use:

• The Web-Centered Course Readiness Checklist (With Annotations)
• The Course Readiness Checklist Resources Course (With annotations and examples from faculty here at SCC) 
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Approximately 10 business days prior to the start of a course, the E-Learning department will use the Web-Centered Course Readiness Checklist to review courses and provide faculty a detailed list of an unmet expectations. This will be followed by a working lab (held within 3 days of the start of the semester). This lab is a working professional development session where faculty can work with E-Learning staff to meet any outstanding expectations in the course. 

Useful Links:

• Web-Centered Course Readiness Review (2018SP) simple checklist