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This document outlines the scope and content of a Master's level course on e-learning and academic educational websites. The course objectives are to learn how to structure e-learning instruction and understand technical devices and applicable websites. The course content discusses academic educational websites, course management system software, examples of educational websites, and universities offering e-learning programs. It concludes with frequently asked questions about online classes and supplemental resource links.

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E-Learning - Course 2 Master 2

This document outlines the scope and content of a Master's level course on e-learning and academic educational websites. The course objectives are to learn how to structure e-learning instruction and understand technical devices and applicable websites. The course content discusses academic educational websites, course management system software, examples of educational websites, and universities offering e-learning programs. It concludes with frequently asked questions about online classes and supplemental resource links.

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Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

University of Relizane
Faculty of Letters and Languages
Department of English

Academic year : 2021 / 2022.

Instructor: BENADDA Abdelouahid


Level: Master 2 / Language and Communication
Module: E-Leaning
Course 2: Academic Educational Websites

 Course Scope: An introduction to the general topic of e- learning "how people learn
at distance" (this course is an overview of e-learning and current practices)

 Course Learning Objectives


At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:
• Structure appropriate method to e-learning instruction
• Conceive a broad idea of technical devices and applicable academic
educational websites
Guiding Thoughts to the Course
1. Have you have thought how E-learning started?
2. Have you ever tried to discover the first beginning of using distance learning?

 Course Content
Academic Educational Websites
Some institutions have developed their own online educational resources.
These are basically designed websites that are put forward to suit a particular audience.
They are set often on a particular subject or theme of instruction.
They are much like interactive materials, including audio, video and virtual
graphics. They are set in a way to provide activities and quizzes to aid learning. They can
make learning more interesting and help learners to conceive a visual approach to the
learning situations. They are often based on a particular resource such as digital materials.
These sites can also contain the discussion board elements of a VLE

Course Management System (CMS) software

Some sites also contain an area for instructors, giving advice on how to use the
resources for particular age groups and curricula. They include printable material to
accompany the web site and to use in class. These Course Management System (CMS)
software allow instructors to design and deliver their courses within a flexible framework.
They offer functionality which allows instructors to deliver course content, enable
communications, and conduct evaluations. The most common tools offered by CMS
include:
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
University of Relizane
Faculty of Letters and Languages
Department of English

Academic year : 2021 / 2022.

• Schedule For posting and viewing deadlines, events,…..


• Announcements For posting current information to all students.
• Syllabus For creating and posting the course syllabus.
• Modules For publishing and viewing course content in sections.
• Assignments For posting, submitting, and grading student work.
• Discussion Board For asynchronous discussions and group work collaboration.
Private Messages For individual communication between learners and the
instructor.
• Chat For real-time, synchronous conversation in written form.
• Tests & Quizzes For authoring and administering exams, quizzes, surveys,
• Grade book for posting and managing student grades. Low cost alternative and
open source CMS include:
• ETUDES-NG (http://etudesproject.org)
• Moodle (http://moodle.org)
• Angel (http://angellearning.com)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
University of Relizane
Faculty of Letters and Languages
Department of English

Academic year : 2021 / 2022.

Examples of academic educational websites


• Theban Mapping Project.com
• Ancient India (One of several sites that The British Museum provides for
schools)
• BBC Learning
• National Geographic Education Guide
• Raid on Deerfield
• Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program
• MIT OpenCourseWare

Universities Worldwide Offering E-Learning


Top universities offering e-learning:
• The Open University, UK
• University of British Columbia, Canada
• Pennsylvania State University, USA
• University of Florida, USA
• Walden University, USA

Frequently asked questions about online classes

Here are some questions to answer as an extension of the course content (To be discussed
in groups):

1) How much time do I have to spend in an online class?


2) What Internet skills would be helpful in an online class?
3) Is taking a class online easier than a "regular" class?
4) How is online teaching different from traditional classroom teaching?
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
University of Relizane
Faculty of Letters and Languages
Department of English

Academic year : 2021 / 2022.

Supplemental Resources

1) Strategies for Learning at a Distance


(http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/dist8.html)
2) What Makes a Successful Online Student?
(http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp)
3) Tips for Online Success
(http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/tips.asp)
4) Distance Learning History
(http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring01/deClair/history.html)
5) Growth in Distance Education Programs and Implications for Federal
Education Policy
(http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d021125t.pdf)
6) Online Pedagogy Links
(http://www.teaching.ua.edu/courses/onlinepedagogy.html)

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