About Faculty eCommons

Developed by Risepoint, Faculty eCommons is a social learning ecosystem for faculty across the world to work together to improve online education. The site offers industry research, guidance, best practices, and professional development opportunities with a focus on student persistence and national quality standards.

Faculty eCommons (FeC) contains resources to help online designers, developers, and instructors and is maintained by the Academic Services and Products team at Risepoint.

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THE BLOG

Course Facilitation

Establishing Presence: Quick Tips

In an online course, the feeling of connection—known as “presence”—plays a key role in students’ success and satisfaction. It helps break the isolation of online learning by fostering meaningful interactions with the instructor, fellow students, and the course content. Establishing this presence doesn’t have to be hard. Let’s explore a few

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Course Facilitation

Interactions in Online Courses

When thinking about how to enhance engagement in online classrooms, instructors often focus on making the material more exciting. They may wonder, “Should I add videos or interactive lessons? Can I break the content into smaller chunks?” While improving instructional materials is important, true engagement comes from fostering three types

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Assessments and Assignments

Creative Methods of Assessment in Online Learning

When students and instructors hear the word “assessment,” they often think of long, stressful exams—or equally long nights of grading! But an assessment is really any task that evaluates students’ progress toward learning objectives. Traditional examples like papers, projects, quizzes, and group work come to mind. However, online learning has

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Instructional Design

Strategies for Conducting Student Feedback Surveys

Student feedback surveys, often called course evaluations, are a fantastic way to gather open and honest feedback that can improve the quality of an online course. These surveys help instructors refine their teaching and address areas needing improvement.  Conducting mid-term evaluations often signals to students that the course facilitators are committed

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