Final Project - Self-Review

Name of CourseSite Course: CED 592

Student Name: Kirsten Caiazzo

Overall Design Elements

I. Course Overview, Introduction & Syllabus: The overall design of the course, navigational
information, as well as course, instructor and student information are made transparent to
the student at the beginning of the course.

II. Learning Objectives, Assessment & Measurement: Learning objectives are clearly defined
and explained. They assist the students in focusing on the learning activities.

III. Resources & Material: Instructional materials are sufficiently comprehensive to achieve
announced objectives and learning outcomes and are prepared by qualified persons
competent in their fields.

IV. Learner Engagement: The effective design of instructor-student interaction, meaningful

student cooperation and student-content interaction is essential to student motivation,
intellectual commitment and personal development.

V. Course Technology: To enhance student learning, course technology enriches instruction

and fosters student interactivity.

There are two sections below Essential Elements (EE) and Highly Desired Elements (HDE).
EEs are required for all online courses. Be sure you meet all of these EEs in your course
design. HDEs are highly recommended. You need 10 of 14 of the HDEs met in your course.
Some of the

Essential Elements (EE) Element Student Comments

Met?
Course opens to the Announcement Yes
page and the introduction/first
announcement welcomes the student to
the course. Navigational instructions
make the organization of the course
easy to understand. They are clear and
free of grammatical and directional
errors.

The syllabus is well designed and the Yes

terminology in the syllabus must be
consistent with that used in the online
course. The syllabus must be free of
errors.
Items that need to be included:
  Accurate Course Information
 Course/Training Description
 Measurable Learning
Objectives
 Etiquette expectations with
regard to discussions, email
and other forms of
communication are clearly
stated.
 Network Outages
 Instructor/trainer turn-around
Times
 Course/training text and other
resources
(Note: see module 3 for complete list)

The assessments/ assignments allow Yes

the students to attain the course
learning objectives.

Evaluative criteria are provided for the Yes

evaluation of students’ work and
participation. (Rubrics, checklists, etc.)

The grading policy is stated clearly.

Point totals are correct and consistent
with the syllabus and throughout the
course.

The organization of the instructional Yes

materials is logically and consistently
sequenced.

Learning activities foster instructor- Yes

student, student- student, and content-
student interaction.

The course design requires the Yes The course allows the students to contact the instructor during the
instructor to be consistently active and given times, as well as email the teacher with any questions.
engaged with the students.
All course materials, including those Yes
provided by the publisher, are
conducive to learning in the online
learning environment.

Highly Desirable Elements

(HDE)
The self-introduction by the instructor is Yes
professional and available online. The
instructor is asked to provide
educational and professional
experiences in the self-introduction.
Students are asked to introduce No This would be something that I would add at a later date
themselves to the class.

The assessment instruments address Yes

diverse learning styles.
Folders indicating a learning unit should Yes Each Module is named after the content subject that will be
be named and provide information of taught.
the learning unit’s content and/or
significance of the learning unit to the
overall course.
The instructional activities support the Yes
stated learning objectives and assist
students in attaining these objectives.
Resources and materials used in the No This would be something that I would add at a later date
online course are appropriately cited.

Course design/layout is aesthetically Yes

pleasing.

Course teaching strategies encourage Yes

student interest throughout the term of
the course.
The tools and media enhance student Yes
engagement and guide the student to
be an active learner.
Instructions on how to access tools and Yes This is stated in my information section of the course
resources outside of Blackboard are
clear and easy to understand, if
applicable.
The course uses technology Yes
appropriately.

Qualitative feedback is provided for N/A

online quizzes and exams, if applicable.

Instructions on how to access tools and N/A

resources outside of Blackboard are
clear and easy to understand, if
applicable.