When she joined the University of Delaware Division of Professional and Continuing Studies (UD PCS) digital learning team in 2016, Aviva Heyn had no idea how significant her work would become. One of ...

The pandemic has fundamentally altered approaches to work, teaching and study. These shifts have accelerated an already growing demand for online courses as learners seek alternative methods of ...

The new book Online Teaching at Its Best, from Linda Nilson, director emerita of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness Innovation (OTEI) at Clemson University, and Ludwika Goodson, associate director ...

For institutions that lack the budget or staff expertise to utilize instructional design principles in online course development, generative AI may offer a way forward. One does not need to be a ...

The asynchronous Online Design and Teaching (ODT) Canvas course is designed to provide instructors with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to design, build, and deliver an effective online ...

Have you or your program conducted and completed the analysis steps? Then, you are ready to begin the Backwards Design process for creating your course and developing learning goals, objectives, and ...

The best way to approach the design of course online learning activities is from a module approach. Moodle is organized into "sections", which is where all the activities related to one topic are ...

Anticipate a wide range of technical skills your students will need to participate fully in the course Create or curate existing instructional materials to help them learn how to use the tools (use ...

Does it cost less to design and develop online teaching and learning today than it did a few years ago? Are the categories of cost different today from the past and from what the costs might be in the ...

This study used qualitative inquiry and evaluation methods to describe faculty professional development while developing and delivering an online, interdisciplinary course. Faculty were charged to ...