Partner With OOL
Thank You for Your Interest in Partnering with Us!
Before we begin our collaboration, there are three key steps we kindly ask you to review and complete. These steps will ensure a smooth and successful experience as we work together to deliver high-quality online learning programs.
1. Understanding OOL Development Process
Creating a successful online course requires time, effort, and collaboration. To give you a clear overview, we’ve outlined the major milestones in our development process through the visual summary below.
*time estimates for this process are concurrent and not cumulative
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Program is approved by APRC and/or appropriate university or LLS Leadership.
Note: OOL staff is available to support academic leadership in program mapping and structure if desired.
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OOL Team meets with program leads and participating faculty to establish program plan, production schedule, and timeline for deployment.
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Faculty meet with OOL design team for initial interview and needs analysis.
Work begins on course/program template design and alignment with course and program learning objectives.
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Faculty and OOL design team partner to create syllabus, course overview, learning objectives, instructional materials, and assessments.
Decisions about synchronous and asynchronous instruction are finalized.
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Tool selection is finalized and the OOL design team assembles instructional materials, learning activities, supplemental content, and assessments.
Faculty complete training, if necessary.
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OOL team conducts accessibility and quality assurance review to ensure course functionality.
Faculty and program leads conduct subject matter review to ensure alignment with desired outcomes.
Download OOL Development Process overview.
2. Complete Prior to Online Course Design
To maintain LMU’s commitment to educational excellence, including online learning, we ask that faculty to complete the four key requirements below.
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This training equips online instructors with knowledge of Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) requirements set by the Department of Education. All full-time faculty who wish to teach online are required to complete this training. Please email ool@lmu.edu for more information.
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This training familiarizes faculty with foundational principles for online instruction. Please email ool@lmu.edu for more information.
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Developing and deploying new, hybrid/online courses or reimagining a previously delivered course requires a highly collaborative partnership between faculty and course designers. The duties below highlight the necessary contributions that drive a successful partnership and productive course design experience.
DESIGN Faculty Creates course learning objectives and goals, determines instructional pedagogies, and develops authentic assessments Provides subject matter expertise and understanding of program scope and course scope Determines standards for mastery and creates authentic assessments Instructional Designer Provides expertise in eLearning software, adult learning theory, and online engagement strategy Provides course design and pedagogy assistance for hybrid/online instruction, and is adept at connecting students to course content using learning technologies Versed in creative instructional strategies for hybrid/online delivery and guides establishment of program level technology standards for students CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Faculty Creates supplemental instructional content such as documents, videos, presentations, etc. Meets all project deadlines and delivers agreed-upon materials to Instructional Design team to facilitate course building Provides bibliographic citations for course materials as appropriate Instructional Designer Supports development of online content, assignment, and assessments development Works from the student/user perspective to ensure clarity of instructions and accessibility of all course materials Able to visualize the final course and program and build in consistency and cohesion COMMUNICATION Faculty Consults with Instructional Designers, Instructional Technologists, Librarians, Program Director(s) and other faculty in the program as necessary to facilitate course development Provides timely feedback to Instructional Designers and faculty peers as appropriate Revisits course with Instructional Design team after course delivery has been completed for discussion of edits/updates/review Instructional Designer Provides regular updates and opportunities for faculty partners to review course development progress Coordinates efforts with other campus stakeholders (ITS, WHH Library, Student Affairs, etc.) to facilitate a holistic online student experience with comprehensive student support Provides technology training for faculty partners and support staff as needed -
Timely submission of design requests and materials is strictly required to begin our collaboration. Project submission deadlines are outlined below:
FALL Semester SPRING Semester SUMMER Term Course requests must be submitted NO LATER THAN
June 1st October 1st March 31st
3. Select Your Instructional Design Strategy
We offer 2 flexible types of services that suit your online course building needs:
- Comprehensive Support
- Self-service
More information can be found below.
Comprehensive Support
We handle every step of the course design and development process with you. Start our partnership by filling out the Instructional Design Course Assistance Request form below.
Self-service
Access our term template to independently develop your course with minimal guidance.
Questions?
For more information, please contact ool@lmu.edu