Online Course Proposals

Overview | New Course Proposal | Course Redevelopment

Oregon State Ecampus offers funding and a high level of support for the development of new online courses and for the redevelopment of existing online courses.

Development Timeline:

• Online course development or redevelopment occur over a two-term timeline. Development terms are considered to be the two terms immediately prior to the requested delivery term.
• Ecampus strongly prefers that development occur in the two terms just prior to the course being offered. When development occurs too far in advance of the course being offered, there tend to be significantly more delays in course development completions.
  • 2024-2025 - Due to significant new program development as part of Prosperity Widely Shared and the CoreEd revision, course development resources are limited, and we have less flexibility to grant extensions.
• If an advanced development timeline is absolutely necessary, the development MUST be completed in the two terms selected. Please include in the comments field on the proposal form the two terms being requested. Due to unprecedented demand for course development services, we will not be able to offer extensions as we have in the past.

Other Expectations:

• All new developments or first-time redevelopments include participation in a funded course development or redevelopment workshop.
• Courses are designed and developed collaboratively. Faculty partner with Ecampus instructional designers, training professionals, and multimedia developers to create well-designed, effective learning experiences for students.
• Faculty should plan to engage consistently across the two terms of development and meet submission milestones outlined by the faculty and their instructional designer at the beginning of the project.
• Content and materials are designed and developed specifically for the distance student.
• Faculty agree to meet the design standards outlined in the Ecampus Essentials document.
• Funding transfers are department-to-department transfers. Ecampus does not hire or pay faculty directly.

Deadlines for course development proposals: 

Term of delivery	Proposal deadline	Anticipated course development terms
Summer 2025	November 22, 2024	Winter 2025 and Spring 2025
Fall 2025	February 14, 2025	Spring 2025 and Summer 2025
Winter 2026	May 9, 2025	Summer 2025 and Fall 2025
Spring 2026	August 8, 2025	Fall 2025 and Winter 2026
Summer 2026	November 21, 2025	Winter 2026 and Spring 2026
Fall 2026	February 13, 2026	Spring 2026 and Summer 2026

 Please note: Faculty and departments will be notified of acceptance of their proposal(s) two weeks following the proposal deadline, based on the desired term of delivery.