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Vetting Learning Materials

Posted: February 17, 2022 | Last Modified: February 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

Choosing appropriate learning materials are a vital part of any course. Often the course uses a textbook, but increasingly online instructors are turning towards Open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Copyright, Design Fundamentals, Instructor, Learning Materials, Open Educational Resources (OER)

Discussion Best Practices

Posted: May 31, 2018 | Last Modified: March 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Discussions are a key part in many online courses. If we want students to demonstrate high levels of thinking in discussions, we need to ask questions that are designed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design, Online Teaching Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Discussion, Instructor, Learning Objectives

What is a Commentary?

Posted: May 1, 2017 | Last Modified: October 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

What is a Commentary? A typical unit in our online courses includes learning objectives, a commentary, and required assignments or activities. The commentary is our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design, Standards Tagged With: Accessibility, Copyright, Design Fundamentals, Multimedia

Accessibility in the Online Classroom

Posted: April 17, 2017 | Last Modified: May 19, 2021 Leave a Comment

The following is our interpretation of accessibility law as it applies to our online courses. We will work with you to explore different options for using the materials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design, Standards Tagged With: Accessibility, Design Fundamentals, Instructor

Writing Smart Learning Outcomes

Posted: February 20, 2017 | Last Modified: November 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

All of our courses start with learning outcomes—short statements identifying what the student will be able to do after the course or the lesson. Learning outcomes are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Instructor, Learning Objectives

Determining Credit Hours in an Online Course

Posted: January 22, 2017 | Last Modified: January 26, 2022 Leave a Comment

In a face-to-face course, credit hours are generally based on the hours per week the students spend in the classroom or lab, or "contact hours" with the students. A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Instructor

Backwards Design

Posted: December 29, 2016 | Last Modified: March 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, the authors of Understanding by Design describe their instructional design technique as backwards, and it has come to be one of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Instructor

Designing Discussions

Posted: December 22, 2016 | Last Modified: May 19, 2021 Leave a Comment

Online discussions are great. They help students develop community with their fellow learners, they let them explore a topic deeper than they could have by themselves, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Course Design Tagged With: Design Fundamentals, Discussion, Instructor

About This Blog

Through the partnerships we form with our instructors, we develop engaging and interactive online courses. Here you’ll find ideas on course design informed by the latest research and teaching strategies that build community and instructor presence. We’ll also we share our experiences with technology, with Canvas, and with administering our online educational programs.

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