Schedule: 2009-09-09 (18:30 - 19:00)
Educational Showcase (Sala de Conferencias 1)

Title: Design, development and implementation of a virtual instructional design model for online teacher development courses
Authors: Liliana Cuesta
Abstract: The challenge of adopting virtual education as a mode to respond the needs of a global knowledge society in the 21st century undoubtedly requires the existence and implementation of systematic instructional models that fulfill the students’ learning needs and develop autonomous and collaborative academic practices mediated by Information and Communication Technologies.

In response to the worldwide requirements for innovation and improvement in higher education programs, it was decided in our department, that a project was created to implement an open, flexible, and learner-centered methodological offer in online courses, which allows students in language teaching programs to expand their knowledge through lifelong experiences through the use of technology.

This demonstration will present a systematic construction and implementation of an online course, grounded under the fusion of principles and features from Salmon´s (2000) and Keller´s (1987) instructional design theories as well as Constructivist theory. It is to note that this demonstration will be based on a course design experience that has been the basis to create virtual courses in our university in the last two years.

This demonstration will provide participants with a practical innovation in the field of online courses. This session will present a framework of design, development and implementation of a virtual instructional design model for online teacher development courses and sets basic principles that could be used to create a future offer of virtual courses in teacher education programs both in national and global environments.
Keywords: virtual education, course design, instruction

Main topic: Curriculum development for CALL.

Biodata: I am currently developing my third year of Doctoral Studies in English Philology. UNED. Madrid, Spain. Teacher and researcher at Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. Course design head coordinator for virtual courses in the Master in English Language Teaching program. Teacher trainer and academic consultant.
Type of presentation Courseware Exhibition

Paper category (Other)

Target educational sector Higher education

Language of delivery English

EU-funded project No

Schedule:	2009-09-09 (18:30 - 19:00) Educational Showcase (Sala de Conferencias 1)
Title:	Design, development and implementation of a virtual instructional design model for online teacher development courses
Authors:	Liliana Cuesta
Abstract:	The challenge of adopting virtual education as a mode to respond the needs of a global knowledge society in the 21st century undoubtedly requires the existence and implementation of systematic instructional models that fulfill the students’ learning needs and develop autonomous and collaborative academic practices mediated by Information and Communication Technologies. In response to the worldwide requirements for innovation and improvement in higher education programs, it was decided in our department, that a project was created to implement an open, flexible, and learner-centered methodological offer in online courses, which allows students in language teaching programs to expand their knowledge through lifelong experiences through the use of technology. This demonstration will present a systematic construction and implementation of an online course, grounded under the fusion of principles and features from Salmon´s (2000) and Keller´s (1987) instructional design theories as well as Constructivist theory. It is to note that this demonstration will be based on a course design experience that has been the basis to create virtual courses in our university in the last two years. This demonstration will provide participants with a practical innovation in the field of online courses. This session will present a framework of design, development and implementation of a virtual instructional design model for online teacher development courses and sets basic principles that could be used to create a future offer of virtual courses in teacher education programs both in national and global environments.
Keywords:	virtual education, course design, instruction
Main topic:	Curriculum development for CALL.
Biodata:	I am currently developing my third year of Doctoral Studies in English Philology. UNED. Madrid, Spain. Teacher and researcher at Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. Course design head coordinator for virtual courses in the Master in English Language Teaching program. Teacher trainer and academic consultant.
Type of presentation	Courseware Exhibition
Paper category	(Other)
Target educational sector	Higher education
Language of delivery	English
EU-funded project	No