Essentials of Online Course Design

Foreword, from the first edition
Preface, from the first edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction to this Guide
Chapter 1: Orientation to Online Teaching and Learning
Chapter 2: Elements of an Online Course: A Tour
Chapter 3: Language and Writing Style
Chapter 4: Visual Design Basics
Chapter 5: Engaging the Online Learner
Chapter 6: Activities and Tools: Working Collaboratively and Independently
Chapter 7: Resources that Engage
Chapter 8: Assessment and Feedback
Chapter 9: Building the Course Foundation: Outcomes, Syllabus, and Course Outline
Chapter 10: Structuring the Course Content: The Online Presentation
Appendix A: Writing Learning Outcomes
Appendix B: Using the Standards Checklist
References
Index

Marjorie Vai has been directly involved with online education and training for 25 years. Most recently she designed and developed the online graduate program in teaching English at The New School, USA.
Kristen Sosulski is Director of the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and Clinical Associate Professor of Information Systems at New York University, Stern School of Business, USA.

"If I had to choose a single book to share with a faculty member about how to design and teach an online or blended course, or with an instructional designer partnering with that faculty member, that book would be Essentials of Online Course Design: A Standards-Based Guide, Second Edition. In this concise, clear, and well-written volume, Marjorie Vai and Kristen Sosulski provide a methodology for online and blended course design that is informed by learning theory and seasoned by practical experience. This is the standard reference guide that those of us involved in online and blended learning will be keeping close at hand."
Joshua Kim, Ph.D., Director of Digital Learning Initiatives, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL), Dartmouth College, USA, and Blogger for Inside Higher Ed - Technology and Learning