Are you teaching a hybrid course this semester? Check out our list of featured resources to help you plan, design, and deliver your course in a meaningful and engaging way for both you and your students!
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The first day of teaching can set the fundamentals of a classroom dynamic for an entire semester.
Our online course quality rubric has been updated to include additional information on regular and substantive interaction. Check out the update standards and related resources.
Faculty Focus has a new article to provide tips on helping students study with their smartphones.
Faculty Focus Live is a great podcast to help instructors with tips, tricks, and other ideas.
A few quick resources to help with assessment.
How we plan & design a course impacts how it functions and how students learn.
The way we manage our real or virtual classroom can have a distinct effect on the dynamic of the class.
The way we teach is just as important as the content itself.
Distance & online education often utilize different strategies than traditional face-to-face education. Here’s some resources that can help get you started.
Check out this article from Faculty Focus, which contains strategies to create a sense of belonging in a distance learning classroom while supporting equity and inclusion.
As more classes return to campus, it may be helpful to have a refresher on how to use the classroom podium.
When I think about what a “positive learning experience” is, I instantly equate this to meaning my students feel a level of success, confidence, and community throughout their time in my classroom.
Through the fall, Canvas is offering free 1:1 coaching with their “Panda Pros”.
The Center for Teaching & Learning often finds articles and other items that we review and share with staff, faculty, and within specific programs.
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is hosting its annual College Changes Everything conference, focused in 2021 on Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the Success of All Learners.
MERLOT is a community working to share peer reviewed open educational resources,
Since the pandemic began, Canvas has introduced many new and updated features! In case you missed some of these changes, here is a list of video links for the most helpful improvements.
Learn about the key takeaways from the ILCCO’s Breaking Down Barriers Accessibility Series, held in May 2021.
The OSCQR Course Design Review Scorecard is a course-level quality rubric for reviewing and improving the instructional design and accessibility of online courses based on online best practices.