From Telecourses to Online Courses: A Story of Redesign | Du cours télévisé au cours en ligne : une histoire de redesign

• Main Author: Claude Potvin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) 2015-11-01
• Series: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology
• Online Access: https://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/26957

This case deals with the redesign of a standard telecourse - printed material, professional studio video recordings and phone tutoring – into an online course. The redesign involved an adjunct professor in the Humanities having some experience in distance education but little with learning technologies. It was a two-year project including the grant application process. The main issues included replacing television-based content with multimedia content; understanding the complexity of interactions between materials, students, and tutors; and adapting traditional assessment approaches to online instruments and methods.