“EdPlus Digital Learning Team”
Gauging Student Understanding: CATs are puuuuur-fect
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
Do you find yourself wondering whether your online students are really learning? Whether they are really getting it? During face-to-face classes, an instructor often can use visual cues, such as a puzzled look or a nodding head from a student, to gau ...
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It’s the Middle of the Semester… So, What Do My Students Really Think?
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
October 21, 2013
“Wait, are we already that far into the semester? There is so much left to do in so little time!”If this is a constant thought on your mind, or an all-familiar expression in recent conversations with other faculty and instructors, we might be ne ...
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Who ARE You? Faculty as Writer, Instructional Designer (ID) as Editor
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
March 30, 2021
Disney’s 1951 adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s caterpillar in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Who’s 1978 anthem may have turned the age-old question, “Who are you?” into a little bit of an earworm. And though everyone’s likely been asked many t ...
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Engagement Through Videos
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 16, 2020
Chances are that if you’ve considered developing an online course, you’ve thought about the role that video will play in your content delivery approach. Videos are visually rich engagement tools that can be leveraged for all types of course communica ...
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Assessment
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
March 19, 2020
Your assessment strategy for your course should be driven by your learning objectives, be varied, and include both formative and summative assessments.Video Introduction:In this video (4:06) we’ll explore assessments more in-depth. Additional Re ...
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Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses and Finding Open Content
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
January 22, 2021
Finding the right learning materials to include in your course is critical for achieving your learning objectives. But it’s also important to be aware of how copyright might impact or limit your choices. Seeking Creative Commons (CC) licensed content ...
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How Does Active Learning Support Student Success?
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
As the paradigm shifts towards learner-centered approaches to instruction, active learning has gained increased attention in higher education circles. You may have even seen images of classrooms that have undergone extensive renovation to become “act ...
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Learning Design
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
March 19, 2020
Learning design is the intentional and deliberate planning of your learning experience to ensure that you create a course that is valuable to your learners, gets them the knowledge and skills they require, and is an engaging and enriching experience. ...
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Tips for Online Student Success
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
September 30, 2013
In the short video below (2:22) tips from actual ASU Online students are illustrated in a fun and informative animation. It’s a great video to place in the introductory area of your course to reinforce essential aspects affecting online students such ...
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