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I disagree. I believe it would actually take more time to develop an effective online course. Any guest lectures or activities/projects must be modified to work for an online course. All hyperlinks need to be reviewed for appropriateness. The instructor has to be aware of the different levels of experience that students have technologically. Figurative language should be eliminated because there is not an environment where body language or humor can be easily interpreted. Explanations of assignments must take into consideration any questions that may not have been anticipated, especially if the posts are asynchronous. In an asynchronous setting, the instructor may not be able to provide immediate clarification of a topic, so the topic should be reviewed thoroughly to make sure it makes sense from the students' points of view.
I believe the online course development takes more time compared to the classroom setting. Many factors go into developing an online course. Some include modules, discussions, assignments, and quizzes. The time to develop and implement these in the online environment compared to the classroom setting can take more time. Once the online class is developed the maintenance of the online class can be less compared to the traditional classroom delivery.
I believe it takes longer to create an online classroom compared to a traditional classroom. Many factors go into creating an online classrooms. Modules, reading assignments, quizzes, discussions, and assignments. Creating all of these elements and implementing them in the online environment does take more time compared to a classroom setting. Once the classroom is developed the maintenance and up keep of the on-line class can be less compared to the developmental phases.
I disagree; quality online courses take much more time to develop. The traditional classroom is set up to be synchronous so you can ask questions and get that feedback right away and if the students don’t understand the question it can be rephrased on the spot. Online takes more time and effort to ensure the discussion questions are phrased in such a way as to be as clear to the student as possible.
Stephen,
Students want you to be their expert, so be sure to talk yourself up in your chats as well!! Let students know what they have to look forward to in their chosen career.
Shelly Crider
Russell,
Good point as you do have to be able to connect to all types of learners.
Shelly Crider
Helen,
There are times when a seasoned student can become intimidated!
Shelly Crider
Carlo,
Interesting. So do your classroom students want to become an online student?
Shelly Crider
Daniel,
You need to check and recheck links and make sure everything is up to date. It can take some time.
Shelly Crider
I believe more time is devoted to synchronous online courses than a synchronous. You must be very attuned to you subject matter. In reality you are the expert. Asynchronous allows you to respond at a later date
I complete disagree. The online course takes longer to develop because you have to take in the fact of student computer skill level, asynchronous communication, just building the course in the online environment will present difficult challenges.
I appreciate your input. I have never taught an on-line course and took this class to get a better idea of what's involved. I can see as to how it would require much more time than an 'on ground' course. I would think maintaining and searching for the appropriate hyperlinks would take more time. In the classroom, I can just keep up with journal articles that arrive at my house and reference them. In the on-line environment maybe I would try to have the student's search for appropriate links as an assignment!
I believe it does take more time to create an online class than a traditional classroom class. In an online class I try to add more detail into my lectures and course materials because the interactions between me and online students are different than classroom students. Classroom students can ask questions about lecture or homework in real time, that isn’t always possible for my online students. As a result I explain things in more detail and “handout†more material, by making my power points available to online students and not to my classroom students.
As with anything new, the first time one sets up an online course will take a long time. However with practice, it becomes easier and less time consuming.
I do agree. Simply because you have to be concerned with the actual delivery and retrieval of information which is much simpler on-ground.
I agree with those who have mentioned experience. A brand new course, on-line or on-ground, takes a lot of time to prepare. For me, with my lack of online course experience, it would take a long time to convert a class to a virtual model. Once it's set up and working well, though, maybe it takes less time in the long run? (If I could ever just leave a course alone - I am continually revising/improving!)
I've taught both ground and online courses and would tend to think that online courses would take a bit longer. I've never developed an online course so I find this fairly difficult to answer.
Jerri,
I have been developing online classes for ten years now....each time it is a little different!
Shelly Crider