Adapting traditional classroom materials for distance delivery requires the specific expertise of a course development team.
Project co-ordinator: Provides overall project management. Frequently, the course developer or the instructional designer takes on this role.
Advisory committee: Oversees project planning, validates the course and evaluates project outcomes, especially if the program in which the courses will be used is new to the institution.
Course developer: Converts existing course materials for DE, including research, sourcing, development and writing of course content, activities, evaluations and media material. Ideally, the course developer is a content expert familiar with learners and instructional methods.
Instructional designer: Assists course developers with developing the course and identifying delivery methods based on learning and instructional needs. Checks that the course adheres to a specified standard or meets required criteria.
Course reviewer: Verifies academic content and methodology. Frequently an external reviewer is appointed but the reviewer may be an in-house instructor or chairperson familiar with programme content and the intended learners.
Clerical personnel: Help the course developer with word processing and formatting course materials; frequently the course developer takes on this role.
Intellectual property officer: Obtains clearances for copyrighted material.
Editor: Checks course material for meaning, organisation, grammar, style, bias and accuracy.
Media personnel: Help produce required media course components, such as illustrations, photographs and streaming Internet video.
Course evaluator: Develops and analyses student and tutor questionnaires and recommends course material changes.
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