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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 ...

Design for online process infographic

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 29, 2020

Feel free to save this process infographic or print it out for future reference. The recommended steps for beginners to the online design process.

Course Stories, Episode #1: Adventures in Stats, A Gamified Online Course

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

February 25, 2022

This is the first episode of Course Stories! We plan to highlight many courses over next year. We hope you will join us and check back every two weeks for a new episode!In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to Meredith Savvides and Mai Trinh d ...

Course Stories, Episode #2: Business Law Barista: Engaging Students through Storytelling

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 25, 2022

In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to London Skiles and Bradley Forst discuss the narrative elements of Brad’s course, LAW 480: Business Law, which takes students on a journey of starting, growing, and selling a business. We also explore th ...

Course Stories, Episode #3: Literature for Young Adults: Expertise and Innovation Create a Buzz for YA

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 25, 2022

In this episode of Course Stories, three of ASU’s top faculty in the field of young adult literature (YA), Sybil Durand, Gabriel Acevedo, and Jim Blasingame, are joined by their instructional designer, Christine Moore, and the director of the online ...

Course Stories, Episode #4: Don’t Fret Design: A Student-Centered Approach to Online Learning

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 25, 2022

In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to Rowena Luce and Dr. Brendan Lake discuss the evolution of MUS 194: Beginning Class Guitar 1 for Non-Majors, an online class designed and taught by Dr. Lake. Brendan traces his efforts to build flexibili ...

Don’t Scale it Alone: Why Your Instructional Designer (ID) is Your Partner in Crime [1]

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 10, 2021

This article is a part of the What Does it Mean to Design for Scale? series.John and Yoko, Ross and Rachel, Abbott and Costello, Bonnie and Clyde… No doubt, the list of iconic pairings throughout history (both real-life and fictional) is a long one. ...

Insight Surveys: From day one, foster personal connections, belonging and student success

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

November 13, 2024

As online educators, we know the importance of building an inclusive and supportive learning environment. While it’s easy to focus on course design, content delivery, and grading strategies, creating a space where students feel heard and supported is ...

Using Twitter in Your Online Course

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

January 20, 2012

The TV show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ provides a humorous view on the use of Twitter in the surgery room, how the senior leader is skeptical about its use as a learning tool and how the professional learning network participates and in this case provides a so ...