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ONLINE COURSE DESIGN GUIDE: DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCY MODEL FOR COURSE DESIGNERS
This article describes the collaboration between Russian and American colleagues in developing an international and flexible competency model for online course design. Our Online Course Design Model was inspired by the great need for faculty who have skills not only in online teaching, but in online course design. The article first introduces a competency model developed through an extensive environmental scan, literature review and a design thinking process. The authors elaborate on the kinds of intercultural differences faced by the teams, and the ways those differences were factored into the project outcomes. Secondly, it lays out the resulting competency model, explaining its four components: human and cultural factors, information and regulation, design, and digital literacy. The developed model reflects a critical set of competences required for course designers and can be recommended for training course designers working in the international contexts.