{"id":347,"date":"2011-03-02T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/oer-africa-course-development-handbook\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:32:00","slug":"oer-africa-course-development-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/oer-africa-course-development-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"OER Africa: Course Development Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Image via Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>I am currently reading Santosh Panda’s textbook Handbook on In-House Style for Course Developmen<\/a>t.  This would be recommended reading for new course developers or distance education<\/a> admins who are new to the field or need to develop a systematic course development program
 with new staff. I am always on the look-out for possible training materials for new instructional designers or ways to enhance or streamline the course development process. This handbook contains a lot of useful materials and seems to be written with an awareness of what actually happens in online classes. It is light on theory and heavy on the practical. I have been in presentations on instructional design<\/a> where the why was the focus instead of the what and the how. This inevitably leads to having a teacher stand up and say “Great. How does this actually supposed to work?” This not to say that Panda’s book is theory-free somehow – the book models a lot of good theory through its use of concept maps<\/a> and emphasis on course structure, and his discussion of constructivism. I would like to see more examples of student interaction in the example assignments but again, this is a practical handbook for getting things off the ground.<\/p>\n

To think I had to travel all the way to Africa to find a book that was written in our own backyard \ud83d\ude42 I am always looking for good instructional design materials. If you have a favorite online, please post a link to it in the comments.<\/p>\n

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