Online Course Quality Improvement: “Switching Roles Between

Course Developers and Instructors work together to create a course that best meets student needs, facilitates learning, and encourages communication.  Often, members of the team do not realize the full scope of each others role.  Switching roles affords a new appreciation for the contingencies and systems involved. This contributes to a better working relationship, as well as improves the quality of the course as a whole.

Five Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the co-design/cooperative teaching process.
2. Review examples of strategies used through co-design and cooperative teaching.
3. Discuss benefits and lessons learned of co-design/cooperative teaching approach.
4. Identify a potential switch with a Course Developer or an Instructor.
5. Prepare for “switching roles” through a session activity.