Distance education trends

Dwinnells provides a number of suggestions to help maintain instructor presence and student engagement in an online class.

• How to keep from going mia in your online course

This article describes a...

The director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Grand View University describes how teaching online has also improved his teaching overall, including aspects of class design...

Personal, funny, or motivational videos sent from an instructor at the right time can help foster authenticity, creativity, and community in an online course.

• Encouragement for online learners

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Flower Darby discusses why she adapted Small Teaching by James Lang for online teaching and provides examples of how small changes can make a big impact.

• 'Small Teaching Online'

Backwards Design...

The author provides several suggestions for enhancing and creating community in your online classes.

• Seven strategies to promote community in online courses

Experts discuss the need (and student...

Instructional designer, author of ‘Small Teaching Online’ and online instructor, Flower Darby provides practical tips for making online teaching enjoyable such as being present and being yourself in...

Stand-alone undergraduate certificates

Reminder: MU has MDHE approval to offer stand-alone undergraduate certificates. If you already offer a degree-dependent UG certificate and want to offer it as...

Arizona State University offers a library of virtual, interactive field trips captured during actual scientific expeditions to use as supplemental course material.  

• Arizona State virtual field...

A veteran of online education shares ideas for consideration before creating an online class, including use of technology and instructor participation.

• Seven things to consider before developing...