Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda
When students first enter your class, whether it be in person or in a virtual setting, what do the students see? Is there anything for
Joanne Ricevuto
April 18, 2022
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Lights, Camera, Student Action – A Novel Way to Teach and Learn About Leadership
The importance of leadership knowledge and skills in one’s professional and personal life cannot be overstated. Development of leadership capabilities can have a positive impact
Angela Dominelli, PhD, David M. Kile, MS, RPh, and Judy Teng, PhD
September 22, 2021
Six Ways Text Can Make (or Break) Effective Online Course Design
The importance of well-crafted, thoughtful text to effective online course design can’t be overstated. Assuming your learners are literate, it’s simply the most efficient way
Emily A. Moore, MEd
July 9, 2021
The Power of Significant Learning during Course Development
In the certificate programs I manage, we are engaged in the tumultuous whirlwind of complete curriculum overhaul. At times it does appear as if pieces
Vicki Caruana PhD
June 28, 2021
Course Crafting: Strategies to Enhance Students’ Appreciation of Course Value
On every campus, there is a course or set of courses that students automatically dismiss in their minds, perhaps a math course, a writing course,
Sarah Forbes
May 10, 2021
A Course Design Process That Works for You
Designing a course can be daunting. Do you get an instructional designer involved? Do you incorporate backward design or even a hybrid approach? Is there
Faculty Focus
February 23, 2021
Media Literacy in a Post-Pandemic World
All it took was an international pandemic to help finally get media literacy into the educational system. If only we had gotten a better head
Hans C. Schmidt, PhD
January 29, 2021
Course Design: Aligning Learning Expectations, Instruction, and Assessment
I found the article, “Testing and Assessment: Looking in the Wrong Places” by Dr. Caristi (Faculty Focus, 11 Sept. 2019) interesting. But, if I am
Howard Kimmel, PhD
December 2, 2019
Designing a Course with Accountability and Dale’s Cone of Experience
When I began designing my course activities, I needed a model that would include all modalities of the learning processes. As my blueprint, I chose
Dimple J. Martin, PhD
November 19, 2019
Instructional Design Basics
Instructional designers can help with many different course-based problems and challenges, including helping you figure out where and how to start with your course design.
Kristin Ziska Strange
October 25, 2019