Online Learning Standard

The Online Learning Standard sets out the minimum expectations for learning provision for all courses at City of Glasgow College. Students expect and value the use of multi-mode learning that Canvas can offer, but can be confused by the variability in usability, availability and quality of online materials. The Online Learning Standard has been developed to provide a framework for staff and students. It supports blended campus delivery and wholly online courses. The Standard also provides staff the opportunity to demonstrate the digital learning, teaching and assessment skills and practice described in the Professional Standards for Lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges.

Online learning courses prioritise the student learning experience. Each online course is organised in tasks or activities which are designed to generate evidence of learning from students. As we develop this approach, tasks and activities should be consistently planned and described in terms of six learning types defined in ABC Learning Design: Acquisition, Investigation, Practice, Production, Discussion and Collaboration.

The Online Standard is informed by the College Academic Experience Strategy and the Academic Planning and Arrangements in place for session 21/22.

The Sections

There are 10 Sections to the Online Standard. For each of the ten sections, there is a description of what is needed to meet the standard. The Standard is intended to offer straightforward guidance, in a checklist format, to help staff ensure that Canvas courses are consistent and clearly laid out. The Standard also ensures that statutory requirements for accessible and easily navigable content are met.

Every unit or course should meet the Standard level in order to provide a consistent experience for students and to ensure they have the additional support and information they need.

1. Structure

2. Orientation

3. Communication

4. Assessment

5. Resources

6. Cross-platform Compatibility

7. Accessibility

8. Legal

9. Student Active Participation

10. Quality Assurance

Resources

Training and workshops are available from the Learning and Teaching Academy to support staff to implement the Online Learning Standard:

Up-to-date tasks, techniques and tips from Lecturer Development aligned to the Online Learning Standard for teaching online.
Learning Technologies’ Canvas staff support guides.
Learning Technologies’ learning tool guides and learning wheel.

Reusing the Online Learning Standard

The content of the Online Learning Standard is freely available to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

1. Adapted from Dundee and Angus College Remote Learning Standard Update

2. Shaped by UCL Connected Learning Baseline

3. In this standard we refer to the virtual learning environment as Moodle. The platform is a self hosted virtual learning environment Moodle 3.7.1. Students know it as MyCity.

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