“Thank you so much for taking the time to treat me like a person,” wrote Stephanie in an email to me. A student in one of my online courses, she had fallen behind and couldn’t see a way forward — ...

Disclaimer: This manual is provided as a guide to assist faculty in teaching online courses. It is not a policy and may be subject to change. Download as PDF Opens a PDF. In an effort to protect the ...

When I first began teaching online courses, I did so with a fair amount of uncertainty and trepidation. Could I replicate in a digital environment what I believed was essential for an in-person course ...

Seventeen instructors offer guidance for colleagues teaching an online course for the first time (and for those seeking a few new ideas). “Inside Digital Learning” asked instructors from across the ...

In this five-week introductory professional development course, instructors learn different ways to engage online students and powerful practices for facilitating an online course. Through this ...

Experts agree that faculty need training to teach online, yet a survey of faculty who teach undergraduate mathematics courses online indicates that most faculty at two-year colleges are still not ...

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 ...

Institutions often struggle to persuade full-time instructors to stray from tradition and start teaching online courses. In some cases, adjunct instructors bear the burden when other faculty members ...

The following process and requirements must be met before teaching your first online course at Western Illinois University. As per article 32.1-g of the faculty contract, all full time faculty shall ...

To provide guidance in designing fully online courses, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has developed an Online Course Design Checklist (OCDC). This tool draws on learning-science research ...