The Final Stretch: Designing a Meaningful Course Ending
As the term draws to a close, students are not the only ones counting the weeks left. Instructors, too, often feel a mix of relief
Dr. Amena Shahid
December 1, 2025
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Generate Case Studies for the Classroom
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a tool that is used in the classroom. The integration of technology in education has historically been gradual (Holmes, Bialik,
Rhonda Gilreath, PhD, CFE
May 7, 2025
Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success
Student success is teacher success. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed
Crystal M. Voegele, EdD, Tammy R. Benson, EdD, and Nancy P. Gallavan, PhD
January 10, 2025
Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students
If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. Unless you inherited your courses from someone else, you’ve developed lists of them. You’ve probably had to submit these lists to the administration to be reviewed and possibly revised.
Joan Flaherty
August 16, 2024
Advancing Online Graduate Education: Integrating Quality Matters Feedback to Enhance Course Templates
In the dynamic landscape of online education, the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications online graduate programs (UF CJC Online) stands at the
Cheryl Oberlin, MEd
May 8, 2024
Assessing Online Learning: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities
If you want insight into how to assess online learning at the course, program, and institutional levels, you’ll want to download this new special report that will help you create more effective online assessment exercises and strategies.
Faculty Focus
July 1, 2021
Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Equip, Empower, Energize
No one can deny that the world in which we live and work is changing at a tumultuous pace. We live in a knowledge economy,
Cathy Box, PhD
February 7, 2020
Articulating Learning Outcomes for Faculty Development Workshops
The use of student learning outcomes (SLOs) is commonplace at regionally accredited colleges and universities in the United States. I have been working with SLOs in one form or another for the past decade, even before they became fashionable. Many years ago, while I was an instructor in the US Navy, SLOs were called Terminal Objectives. After the service, I taught GED classes and at that time SLOs were referred to as Learning Goals. Regardless of the latest trendy technical name, SLOs are clear statements that describe the new skills students should be able to demonstrate as a result of a learning event such as a college course (Ewell, 2001). Whether teaching online, on-ground, or via a blended environment, the importance of defining the intended outcomes, before instruction takes place, cannot be overstated because SLOs identify fundamental and measurable student skills, help outline needed curricular content, and define appropriate assessment.
Jack P. Macfarlane EdD
September 22, 2014
Exams: Maximizing Their Learning Potential
We give students exams for two reasons: First, we have a professional responsibility to verify their mastery of the material. Second, we give exams because they promote learning. Unfortunately, too often the first reason overshadows the second. We tend to take learning outcomes for granted. We assume the learning happens, almost automatically, provided the student studies. But what if we considered how, as designers of exam experiences, we might maximize their inherent potential? Would any of these possibilities make for more and better learning from the exams your students take?
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
May 10, 2013
Integrating Social Media into Online Education
Many people take it on faith that online education must be run through a learning management system (LMS) like Blackboard, Angel, etc. Those systems were originally designed to allow faculty to move their courses online without having to learn HTML coding. They provided all of the tools needed to deliver an online course in one package.
John Orlando, PhD
September 8, 2010
