Like riding a bike for the first time, it is best to bring a friend along to support you when developing an online course. The relationship between the faculty member, or Subject Matter Expert (SME), and Instructional Designer (ID) is essential to creating a quality online course.
In response to economic disparities, faculty can create more inclusive and equitable learning opportunities using open educational resources.
Use this planning grid to outline expectations and guidance for your course’s instructional team.
Check out tools that can help you as you discover new ways to teach online.
General Standard 5 addresses learning activities and learner interaction to meet the learning objective goals. This standard specifically addresses how learning activities provide opportunities for interaction that support active learning.
Standard 8.3 addresses the importance of providing alternative means of access to course materials in formats that meet the needs of diverse learners. One of the greatest advantages of online
The online student population is becoming increasingly diverse and complex. Clinefelter, Aslanian, and Magda (2019) note that recent trends show online students are getting younger, however, this trend doesn’t mean
Standard 1.1 focuses on making sure that learners know where to get started and find various components via the course introduction. At the most foundational level, before learners can proceed
Online education is a dynamic field filled with exciting opportunities to innovate. From advanced approaches to instruction to multimedia use in the online classroom, the ways in which online learning
General Standard 5 addresses course activities and learner interaction to meet the learning objective goals. This standard specifically addresses the instructor’s plan for classroom response time and for clearly stating
Creating accessible PDFs can be challenging, but you may have access to alternative methods to create and identify accessible PDFs
Creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment is key for student success. However, barriers such as accessibility challenges, lack of
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can act a brainstorming partner to draft engaging and diverse course content and materials. Below are
There are tons of Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Repositories available for you to feature in your courses. If
What Is an Open Educational Resource (OER)? Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational materials that are free to use, re-use,
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