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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“In talking to hundreds of universities and students over the years, I know the life-changing benefits of education. I’ve also seen the challenges many students face to access affordable education in a flexible way that allows them to achieve their goals. It’s an honor to lead a mission-driven company, like Risepoint, that supports the needs of our university partners with a single-minded focus on advancing university and student success.”
Fernando Bleichmar
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AI

Leveraging AI in Course Content: Prompting Strategies

 Selecting objective-aligned, high-quality course content is crucial for guiding students toward their learning goals and ensuring a meaningful educational experience. By leveraging AI tools, faculty can streamline content creation while maintaining alignment with course objectives. The 3Ps framework—Prep, Purpose, and Parameters—offers a structured approach to ensuring that AI-generated content is

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AI

AI Prompt Templates and Examples for Course Content

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can provide faculty with an additional partner to draft engaging and diverse course content and materials. Interested in using AI as a brainstorming partner to draft content? Get started with these engineered prompts that provide generative AI the prep, purpose, and parameters it needs for quality

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Academic Program Planning

How Academic Administrators Can Improve Online Learning: The Student Experience

The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Online Education: A Three-Part Series Welcome to our series exploring the crucial role administrative decisions play in shaping the online learning environment. This collection of articles delves into the experiences of students, faculty, and administrators to provide actionable strategies for improving online education. Let’s

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Academic Program Planning

How Academic Administrators Can Improve Online Learning: The Faculty Experience

The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Online Education: A Three-Part Series Welcome to our series exploring the crucial role administrative decisions play in shaping the online learning environment. This collection of articles delves into the experiences of students, faculty, and administrators to provide actionable strategies for improving online education. Let’s

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