5. Step Two: What Kind of Course or Program?
5.1. Choosing Mode of Delivery
Determining what kind of course in terms of the mix of face-to-face and online teaching is the natural next step after considering how you want to teach a course. This topic has been dealt with extensively in , so to summarise, there are four factors or variables to take into account when deciding what ‘mix’ of face-to-face and online learning will be best for your course:
- Your preferred teaching philosophy – how you like to teach (see Step 1)
- The needs of the students (or potential students)
- The demands of the discipline
- The resources available to you
Although an analysis of all the factors is an essential set of steps to take in making this decision, in the end it will come down to a mainly intuitive decision, taking into account all the factors. This becomes particularly important when looking at a program as a whole.