| The work of designing, delivering, and teaching a distance learning course is best
divided among several specialists. The course is then the product of a course team. At a
minimum, a course team consists of a content specialist supported by a technology
specialist, as when a teacher designs a study guide with the help of an editor, or a video
conference course with the help of a producer.
Because it is usually best to use several technologies in a distance learning course,
course teams, particularly those in single-mode institutions, generally consist of a dozen
or more members. These members might include:
- One or more content specialists
- One or more instructional designers
- A video producer (and perhaps script writers)
- An audio producer (and perhaps script writers)
- A text editor
- A computer software and Internet specialist
- A photographer, a graphic designer, or an artist
- One or more administrators.
In a consortium or an electronic virtual organization the team members could be in many
different locations or institutions.
- More on course teams
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- Mphinyane, O. 1998. Introduction to
Distance Education: Using teams at work, Botswana College of Distance and Open
Learning Course Design & Development Workshop 27th July - 7th August 1998
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