Creating the Course “Philosophy of Life” for Online Teaching: A Journey About the Course that Alters

This study discusses the preparation and implementation process of changing the Philosophy of Life from a physical to an online program at Fu Jen Catholic University. The biggest difficulty in changing the course from physical to online was not the technical aspect, but the historical tradition of the course, and the meanings that the instructor wanted to convey in the course. This study will illustrate how we have rethought the brief history of the development of this course when we have our preparation process, and how we have done so through the theories of sociology of education and social semiotics, so that ultimately we have been able to apply these theoretical underpinnings in the planning and design of the online course, and have been able to translate the traditional spirit of the course into our teaching and learning.