The National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies and DrydenOnline, a division of Harcourt College Publishers, are co-developing a series of Online courses that will lead to certificate programs in Web Authoring and Networking. These courses are based on the NWCET Information Technology Skill Standards and include state-of-the-art graphics, animations, simulations, and advanced technical and pedagogical design.

Online Course Development Process
Each online course follows the same development process to ensure technical, content and design quality; instructor and student ease of usability; and industry relevance.

First, instructional designers developed the structure of the online course design for all of the online courses, using WebCT? For each specific course, a Course Author then creates the course content and interactive activities to be included in the course. All of the content and activities are based on the industry-approved NWCET Information Technology Skill Standards. Once the Course Author has submitted the content, a Curriculum Design Specialist reviews it. The course then goes through a Peer Review Cycle and Pilot Sites are selected to test the course. If you are interested in becoming a Course Author , look at our overview of the position.

Online Course Package
Included with each online course are printed Student Learning Guides (SLGs) and an Instructor Resource Website. The SLGs include a WebCT tutorial, supplemental projects, and online search strategies and evaluation. The Instructor Resource Website consists of a forum to suggest course enhancements, topics for threaded discussion, chat sessions, information on creating a learning community, a test bank, and additional projects and web links.

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