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18 Characteristics of Super Courses
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
May 7, 2021
Summary: In this article, we’ll explore 18 characteristics of powerful learning experiences as identified in Ken Bain’s book Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning.Author: Brendan Lake, D.M.A., M.Ed., is a senior instructional designer wi ...
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Using the Marvel Method for Course Design: How to Become a Superhero Team with Your Faculty
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
May 7, 2021
Like many of us working from home in the last year, when I’m working I tend to play something in the background. Lately, for me, it’s been Marvel. (I’ve been crushing through the Marvel films in order). As I’ve completed my Marvel marathon, I threw o ...
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Instructor Presence
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 16, 2020
Establishing and maintaining a strong sense of instructor presence is of utmost importance when teaching an online course. Not only does it help learners feels connected to the instructor and the course, it can lessen any feelings of isolation and in ...
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How Important Is Instructor Presence in an Online Course?
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
October 13, 2014
Creating an Educational ExperienceThe ability to establish presence is closely connected to the ability of the instructor to create a sense of community among learners in an online course. (Palloff & Pratt, The Excellent Online Instructor, 2011)R ...
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15 Ways Instructional Designers Can Assist Faculty
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
Instructional Designers support faculty throughout the development of their online course. Their goal is to make online course development easier for faculty as well as to assist in making knowledge acquisition more efficient, effective, and appealin ...
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Using Course Surveys to Foster an Inclusive Environment in Online Courses
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
October 29, 2021
Improving course climate in online courses helps create a more equitable online space and plays a significant role in student success. Among other characteristics, equitable spaces: value diversity and foster safe, trusting environments (Gay, 20 ...
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Striving for Equity, Inclusion, and Student Success in Online Course Facilitation
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
November 3, 2021
Built into ASU’s charter is measuring our success “not by whom we exclude, but rather by whom we include and how they succeed”. As an Instructional Design team for Edplus, we share the incredible opportunity with faculty to help provide equitab ...
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’Gogy Galore: Pedagogy, Andragogy, Heutagogy & Course Design
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
December 17, 2021
By Marisa Ruiz & Mary ChabaanYou’ve heard of pedagogy, but how familiar are you with heutagogy? With more faculty moving to the online, asynchronous modality, it’s a good time to review the three principal ‘’gogies’ and how characteristics of eac ...
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Cheaters Never Prosper
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
August 26, 2015
This post was updated on October 10, 2019.“How do you prevent cheating in online courses?” Since 1995, when the ASU Online instructional design team first started working with faculty to develop online courses, this is one of the most common que ...
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