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Online Instruction Evaluation

1. Select one of the rubrics or use one of the standards identified by the Quality Matters Program to evaluate one existing online courses of your choice. The course may be an online course you have taken as a student or a free online course available on the web.

Developed by Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP)

2. Explain why you chose the specific rubric/standards/elements and the particular online course.

Last week when I write the report about the three of the rubric I found the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (ECP) is the most one that have a lot of information and details. The way that (ECP) explains each main points was grate and clear.

The course I chose to evaluate is ETEC676. I chose this course because the topic if the course was interesting to me. And I want to learn how to evaluate like this topic in the future.

3. Post your evaluation results?

Course Design

1- Goals and Objectives: (exemplary)

Goals and objectives are easily located in the syllabus.

Course goals and objectives are explained clearly in the syllabus.

Students can find what they need to do in each week under the schedule.

Schedule has links to each session page

Session page has all the required assignment and the did line in each session.

2-Content Presentation: (exemplary)

The content present clearly, student can view the schedule and find all the sessions in this course organized by week in each week there is the assignment that is required to do it before the did line.

Each session have like to the content include WebPages, links prodcast, etc.

3. Learner Engagement: (exemplary)

Instructional strategies are designed to help the student in reaching the course goals. And objectives.

4. Technology Use: (exemplary)

This course has a servile of good technology tools.

Students will learn new tools and will improve their learning experiences.

Interaction and Collaboration

1. Communication Strategies: (exemplary)

Both synchronous (blogs, discussion) and asynchronous (videoconferencing) are using in this course.

2. Development of Learning Community: (exemplary)

Communication activates are used to improve student learning and skills.

Student-to-student: it’s required to comment on each other’s blog weekly.

Student-to-instructor: students send email to the instructor if he faces any problem or misunderstand the assignment.

3. Interaction Logistics: (exemplary)

in each session there is a link to what is required. Students can clearly find the details of the assignment for example the didline.

The instructor takes an active role in help the discussion in the course. Also he give the feedback weekly.

Assessment

1. Expectations: (exemplary)

Assignments and Assessments are aligned with stated goals and objectives

Instructions offer clearly detail to ensure learner understanding. Post them like step by step.

2. Assessment Design: (exemplary)

Assessments require the use of higher thinking skills.

Multiple types of assessment are provided in this course.

3. Self-assessment: (exemplary)

Students should post comments in each other’s blog weekly.

Learner Support

1. Orientation to Course and CMS: (exemplary)

a course orientation is available for students.

Publisher produced materials and content tools external to the course environment provide support for their use.

2. Supportive Software: (exemplary)

The Instructor in this course post many links to necessary software and students need to download. For example: skype.

3. Instructor Role and Information: (exemplary)

The instructor has a special web page he post it in his syllabus

the page have information about the instructor such as, Instructor name and photo,

Email, phone, skype ID, the office location and his office hours.

4. Course/Institutional Policies and Support: (exemplary)

in the syllabus you can find all the course and institutional policies.

5. Technical Accessibility Issues: (exemplary)

In each session in the syllabus has a file formats. All documents are in .doc format.

6. Accommodations for Disabilities: (exemplary)

All the session have the required post in tow way podcast(audio or video) and Microsoft word.

7. Feedback: (exemplary)

Student can have feedback all the time in this course.

4. Describe how you will revise your own online instruction for successful delivery based on what you learned from the evaluation of the existing online course?

• I will add more objectives for some sessions (Course Design ----> Goals and Objectives)

• In my powerpoint i will add voice. (Learner Support -----> Accommodations for Disabilities).