Ready to begin your journey into online teaching? WesternOnline is here to help you navigate the process for designing, developing, and delivering quality online courses.
You can learn the best practices for designing an online course by enrolling in the WesternOnline self-paced course, “Principles of Online Teaching and Learning.”
You can also schedule a consultation with instructional designers who will help you identify your needs and how to best meet your goals for your course.
Below are the forms needed as you move through the official process at Western:
Outreach and Continuing Education eForms
A complete listing of Outreach and Continuing Education eForms can be found on the Web Forms Finder.
- OCE – Preliminary Authorization to Develop eForm
This should be initiated by Outreach and Continuing Education after consultations with department and faculty - OCE – Planning Document Approval eForm
This form will be initiated by Outreach and Continuing Education after consultation with department - OCE – Class Schedule Changes and Corrections eForm
Please use this form to make changes and/or corrections to courses that have gone through the course approval process.
Note About Course Contact Hours:
Per the Catalog, Western requires approximately 30 hours of student work for each credit earned. Additionally, faculty must demonstrate regular and substantive interaction (RSI) in online courses (per DOE and NWCCU). In online courses, this can be completed through a combination of asynchronous and synchronous activities and content, including readings, assignments, discussions, live class sessions, content videos, etc. WesternOnline offers support to faculty to work through this accounting to ensure that courses meet departmental, college, and university expectations.
See our Example Course Hour Accounting Template.
