KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

PROCEDURE TITLE: KYSU Online SME Model for Online Courses

VOLUME, SECTION & NUMBER:

ENTITIES AFFECTED: Faculty Administrators Subject Matter Experts Instructional Designers

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: Academic Affairs Office of Online Education

APPROVED BY: Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Office of Online Education

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/1/2024

The purpose of the KYSU Online SME Model for Online Courses document is to explain the Subject Matter Expert's (SME's) responsibility for developing and maintaining the content of online courses. It also describes the relationship between the primary course shell and the individual sections of a course, which are exact copies of the primary course shell. The SME Model for online courses also relates to the KYSU Online Course Content Management Procedures, which define the workflows for developing, redeveloping, and changing the content of a course's primary course shell.

Since online courses are delivered entirely through the LMS, and since students engage the content asynchronously, the content within the LMS essentially stands in place of the instructional content represented by lectures in a traditional/residential course. Therefore, apart from regular face-to-face interaction with faculty in a classroom setting, students must encounter a well-designed, easy-to-navigate online course that facilitates their learning. Developing an effective online course is time-consuming and requires more advanced proficiency with the LMS. When multiple sections of the same