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Developing Educational Materials for the World Wide Web
Course Description:
Welcome to Developing Educational Materials for the World Wide Web! This is a basic in-depth course for students who want to be able to tailor Internet educational materials to their own instructional requirements. Students will be able to locate information on the Internet and will develop and publish web pages to be used for instruction and educational purposes. This course will be held in a computer lab with Internet connections.
This course is intended for students with an interest in web design and basic HTML, and the challenges of utilizing web technologies for educational purposes. The course will be divided into ten units. In these ten units, we will take a critical and detailed look at various kinds of eduwebs such as course webs, collaborative project webs, virtual seminars, research communities, web-based training, and professional development webs and we will consider best uses and good design techniques. We will design and post our own websites for instructional use.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, the student will:
- Be familiar with the World Wide Web as information repository, communications network, educational delivery system and collaborative system
- Recognize good web page design
- Be able to generate well-designed HTML hypertext
- Design a basic web document to be used for instruction or other educational purposes.
The instructor for this course is Patty Kennington. For some information about myself, my family and I live on a dairy farm in Eastern Oregon, along the Snake River bordering Idaho. I have been a resident of Ontario, Oregon for 26 years. My husband Clint and I have 5 children and one adorable granddaughter, who is living with her parents in St. Louis! I enjoy gardening, music, computers, and reading. I am currently teaching high school part time at Ontario High School, but I especially enjoy teaching classes for Eastern Oregon University. I received a Secondary Teaching Certificate from Brigham Young University and a graduate degree in Educational Technology online through The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
I can be reached at::
Home: (541) 889-6853 kenningtons@fmtc.com
Work: (541) 889-5309 pkennington@ontario.k12.or.us
10 Week Outline of Instructional Activities:
Week 1 Web Basics
The World Wide Web as information repository, communications network, educational delivery system and collaborative system
Week 2 Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Learning
How hypertext and hypermedia affect human interaction and learning. What hypertext and Internet resources mean to the delivery of educational materials
Week 3 HTML Editors, Converters and Generators
A look at how HTML is written
Week 4 Designing a Basic Web Page
Hands-on computer experience designing a basic web page
Week 5 Using A Web Author
Using Dreamweaver or Front Page to develop a web page
Week 6 Principles of Web Design
Principles of Website Design
Week 7 Using Graphics in Your Website
File formats, scanning, and digital photography
Week 8 An Eduweb
Developing your web document into an educational resource
Week 9 Posting Your Web Page
How to get your web page online
Week 10 Online Education
An overview of distance education and the unique challenges it presents to an educational organization
Projects
Students will construct:
- A basic HTML web page
- A web document
- An Eduweb educational website
Graduate students additional:
Post student work in a class-constructed website
Recommended texts (can be purchased through Amazon.com):
Jennifer Niederst, Web Design in a Nutshell $24.95
Elizabeth Castro, HTML for the World Wide Web (PeachPit Press Visual Quick Start Guide) $17.95
Preparing Educational Materials for the World Wide Web
EOU Malheur County Center (541) 889-7468 or (541) 889-6222
