Resources

Resources are links, instructions, and articles to help you complete the Course Components assignments. It is not our intention that you read or follow all the links below, but that you pick and choose to meet your needs, interest, and time.

Structure and Design

• Recommended: Essentials: Structure and Routine in Online Courses, Journal of Adventist Education, April 2003, by Janine Lim.
• Recommended: Planning Your Course Some good brief useful links at the bottom of this page. Written for Blackboard, but useful for anyone.
• Production: Short links on web pages for courses (University of Alberta)
• Michigan Virtual University's Online Course Standards for Usability and Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
• Principles of Online Design: Instructional Design from Florida Gulf Coast University
• Designing Online Content
• Review the courses you looked at in week one for additional ideas.
  • AVLN Courses. Login to coursesites.blackboard.com as avlnguest, password avlnguest.
  • WebCT Exemplary Courses.
  • A Bibliography of Exemplary Web-Enabled Courses at the University of Alberta

Copyright Information

• Recommended: Copyright Bay - a bit of time on this fun and simple site will give you a basic understanding of copyright limitations.
• Recommended: Copyright Guidelines by Janine Lim, published in the Dec03/Jan04 issue of the Journal of Adventist Education
• Copyright Matters: Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers (Canada)
• Copyright and Censorship
• Overview of Copyright and Distance Education
• Copyright and Distance Education (from copyright.gov)
• The TEACH Act Toolkit
• Copyright Law and New Technologies
• To Copy or Not to Copy - That is the Question
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
• Copyright Guidelines for Online Courses

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