Creating Engaging Materials for Online Language Teaching is a fully online portfolio-based course designed for experienced university-level language instructors (e.g. instructors who have developed and taught an online course at least once, or have participated in our Introduction to Online Language Teaching). During the three weeks, participants will:

• Identify foundational principles of materials design and develop criteria for assessing curriculum
• Create, evaluate, and review 3-6 sets of materials which will become part of their Engaging Online Materials Portfolio
• Participate in weekly feedback/review of materials created by other participants using rubrics provided by the course

Creating materials that pique our students’ interest is a goal for both synchronous and asynchronous teaching. To prepare ourselves to do that we need to ask ourselves a few questions: What makes a set of materials engaging? What criteria must be included? Which technology tools are best for which types of objectives? How should the task be assessed? How can teachers develop routines for easy creation of interesting materials that fits their learning environment and objectives? Participants will work together with colleagues to develop these criteria, skills, and routines.

Participants will learn how to:

1. Apply backwards design principles to visual, audio and interactive design elements to create their own engaging materials that correspond with their objectives
2. Select appropriate technology tools to assist in meeting their objectives
3. Reflect on the success of their task(s)
4. Determine how they may improve them further and how they can expand the projects in the future