Covid-Converted Edition #7: Reshaping Curriculum Design and Attitudes about Online Learning

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Interview with Amanda Smith, Chief Academic Officer, Academic
Partnerships, and Maria Andersen, General Manager of
Coursetune.




This special COVID-Converted Edition audio
and video podcast series responds to the
impact of COVID-19 on the way we live, learn, and work. Teachers
all over the world have been thrown into teaching their
"COVID-Converted" courses online. This series will focus on
moving from this emergency remote teaching and learning to more
thoughtfully prepared learning experiences. COVID is
reshaping curriculum design and attitudes about online
learning.



Academic Partners is "an online facilitator
that assists public institutions of higher education in
taking their academic programs online and recruits and
retains qualified students through program completion.
Coursetune helps institutions improve course and program
design by focusing on mapping and assessment
alignment." We discuss:


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Amanda and Maria's background


Overview of Coursetune, an elegant visual course
planning tool


Academic Partnerships' role


Growth of online programs


Need for change in curriculum design


Release of Courseplan ("Coursetune light")


AP Off Campus toolkit to move instruction from
classroom to online


Critical outcomes alignment and support


Faculty training


Role of instructional designers


Challenge of short term vs. long term
thinking


Integration with the LMS


New features on the way: "variation
layers" 

Podsafe music selection


Wonderful Day by Debbie Poryes
Trio - Jazz Pianist, Composer, Teacher &
Vocalist




Duration: 51:59