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Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 1
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 1
Creating Online Assessments with Integrity in Mind
Creating Online Assessments with Integrity in Mind
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Top 5 UDL Workshops Receive Provost Endorsement
Top 5 Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Strategy Series Overview The Top 5 UDL Strategy series began in August 2022 as a series of workshops aimed at helping faculty create more universally designed content for their students. The initial workshops focused on...
Online Synchronous Level 2 learning module ready for instructor enrollment
Have you been looking for ways to amp up your teaching strategies for the online synchronous classroom? We have a new module for teaching in the online synchronous mode available. Level 2 of the Teaching Online Program (TOP) has a new specialized module on teaching...
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
Over the summer many of us are looking for beach reading, an easy-to-read novel that is a break from our academic research. Surprisingly, Melanie Mitchell’s Artificial intelligence: A guide for thinking humans (2019) is a great option. It is a book about artificial...
Promoting Collaboration and Engagement Using VoiceThread in Online and Residential Courses
Are you exploring avenues in which students can work collaboratively yet asynchronously on a presentation in your online course? Would you like for students to practice and submit a draft presentation for constructive feedback before delivering it in a residential...
GenAI and Teaching Toolkit available!
Many changes have been brought about by text-based GenAI tools like ChatGPT and the many similar tools produced since its release. Those teaching in higher education have certainly had to contend with the changes that these tools have brought. In the hopes of...
Adopting Generative AI in the Education Program: Fall 2023 Pilot
How It Began During the Spring 2023 semester, I noticed that numerous popular social media sites, including TikTok and Instagram, highlighted K-12 educators working in the field promoting the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), like ChatGPT and...
The Power of Personalization: How Faculty Can Boost Student Success
Only about 65% of students who enroll in colleges and universities in the U.S. graduate within 6 years (U.S. Department of Education, 2021). This alarming figure has triggered significant concern regarding student retention and persistence towards graduation. While colleges and universities are investing in various student support initiatives, including advising, campus community programming, and learning centers, there's one area that has received relatively little attention: the role of faculty.
2023 Horizon Report
It’s a challenge keeping up with the changes in the area of information technology in higher education. Learn how the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report can help.
Inclusive Syllabus and Course Design Tips
As instructors begin to think of the start of the upcoming semester, many start with a review and revision of their course syllabus. As you think of how you might prepare your syllabus, we wanted to share some information from a book entitled “What Inclusive...
Building a Supportive Classroom: The Role of the Syllabus in Student Well-Being
We hope that you are looking forward to the start of another great semester! As we plan to gather during the first week of class, we would like to ask, “How can we ensure that students feel supported throughout their academic journey?” While there is a lot to share...
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Teaching Online Program (TOP)
The Teaching Online Program (TOP) is an asynchronous series of professional development courses focused on best practices for teaching online.
Top 5 Universal Design for Learning
The Top 5 Universal Design for Learning Series is a set of workshops that will help you design content that supports all learners in a proactive way, increases retention, and makes it easier for you to adapt if accommodations are needed.
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