中文摘要：

加拿大阿萨巴斯卡大学是一所有20多年在线课程设计和开发实践的国际知名院校，其丰富的经验值得我国同行学习和借鉴。本研究从课程开发框架与原则、开发团队与成员职责、开发过程与指南3个方面对其课程设计与开发进行了系统的介绍。目前在线课程的设计与开发已成为我国高等院校，尤其是开放大学未来发展的重点，实践中应注重：（1）组建专业化的团队推进在线课程的设计与开发；（2）重视课程建设过程中的周期性迭代；（3）积极引进和创建开放教育资源；（4）改变以视频为主的内容呈现方式，灵活运用多种媒体表现形式；（5）将自主学习与社会化学习有效整合，让学生参与优化课程；（6）重视真实的学习和评价设计。

英文摘要：

Athabasca University in Canada is internationally famous for its more than 20 years＇history of online course design and development, so there is rich experience for us to learn. This study introduces it systematically from three aspects of the framework and principle, the team and the members＇ duty, the process and guide. Nowadays, online course design and development have become the focus of the open universities in China, especially the future focus of the colleges and universities. The following are the six lessons for the online course design in China： （ 1 ） building professional team to promote online course design and development; （2） focusing on the cyclical iteration in the process of course building; （3） actively introducing and creating open educational resources;（4） changing the video-based presenting-mode, flexibly using various media; （5） effectively combining inde- pendent study and social learning, allowing students to participate in courses optimization ; （ 6 ） attaching importance to authentic learning and evaluation design.