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Designing e-learning for students with low internet access

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 12, 2022

By Tracy Tenkorang, Project Assistant & Kim Welch, Instructional DesignerTracy Tenkorang is a Ghanaian graduate student at Arizona Sate University. Kim Welch works on an e-learning initiative with institutions in multiple countries.Have you ever ...

Creative Assessments: You Can Do It!

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

July 12, 2022

Christine Moore is an Instructional Designer at EdPlus.Creative assessments (CAs) go beyond traditional quizzes and essays and allow students to demonstrate their knowledge in a way that is important to them, relevant to modern courses of study, and ...

Introducing the ASU Instructional Designers [Infographic]

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

October 17, 2013

PDF download used with permissionAbout 40 staff members at Arizona State University have the words Instructional Design or Instructional Designer in their job title. Even though there are a lot of them about (and some have been at ASU for quite a lon ...

InScribe & Digital, Community-Powered Pedagogy

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

August 29, 2022

Michael Miller is an Instructional Designer and Academic Success & Retention Specialist on the Learning Initiatives Team at EdPlus.What is InScribe?InScribe is a new digital tool in ASU’s suite that empowers students to engage with each other bey ...

Providing Valuable Feedback: What Is It and How to Provide It at Scale

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

November 9, 2022

If you’ve either been a student or taught a course, you’re probably familiar with feedback in some form or another. However, have you taken the time to consider what made the feedback you received or given valuable? Was that feedback helpful? Did it ...

Understanding WhatsApp as a Resource for Online Learning

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Written by Judith Dembaremba, Project Assistant with Global Academic Initiatives with help from Kim Welch, Instructional Designer, EdPlus Innovations and Emerging Initiatives.Please note: Arizona State University has not approved the usage of WhatsAp ...

First Impressions: Course Video Refresh

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

January 24, 2023

Considerations for recording (or re-recording) introductory course videosIt’s true: first impressions matter. When online students log in at the start of a session, the Course Welcome and Instructor Introduction are often their very first clicks. So ...

Designing Online Courses that are More Equitable and Inclusive

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

If there is one thing that we’ve learned over the past year, it’s the importance of designing learning experiences for students that appreciates diversity, supports equity, builds community, and creates a sense of inclusion for all. The increase in d ...

Approaches to Online Office Hours

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 1, 2023

In the last few years due to several factors, more and more students are taking to online courses. This is often exciting for many faculty and students as it can mean more flexibility, less commuting, and more work time spent in pajamas. However, man ...