During this session, you’ll learn more about how to create quality student interactions in your online course so that students can work better together.
Using effective assessment techniques can improve an instructor’s understanding of student needs and support learner-centered courses.
As you design the content of your course, you’ll think a lot about assessment methods. Online assessments and assignments should take into consideration the their online audience, which is typically a population of adult learners.
Implementing alternative strategies for discussion boards an help enhance your course from initial student introductions to end-of-semester reflections.
These prompt examples for discussion boards provide faculty course developers with templates and inspiration for creating strong, community-building discussions for their students in various areas of their course and at various levels of course difficulty.
Badging in online courses can be used for anything from increasing motivation and student engagement to highlighting student achievement, marketable skills, and course artifacts.
The middle of the term is an excellent time to ask students to think about, and comment on, their perspectives on the course and on your teaching. Unlike end-of-term course
This Community of Inquiry (COI) Matrix helps faculty course developers identify how to incorporate COI strategies for selecting content, setting climate, and supporting discourse at each course level based on Bloom’s taxonomy.
This recorded webinar series provides supplementary guidance to faculty working with Academic Partnerships’ instructional designers and those seeking professional development opportunities to improve their online teaching and learning skill sets.
This recorded webinar series provides supplementary guidance to faculty working with Risepoint’s instructional designers and those seeking professional development opportunities to improve their online teaching and learning skill sets. By
This recorded webinar series provides supplementary guidance to faculty working with Risepoint’s instructional designers and those seeking professional development opportunities to improve their online teaching and learning skill sets. By
This recorded webinar series provides supplementary guidance to faculty working with Risepoint’s instructional designers and those seeking professional development opportunities to improve their online teaching and learning skill sets. By
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