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The Best Online Faculty

By: Marc Van Horne

February 15, 2018

The instructional design and development team in ASU Online currently provides support for over 1,000 online courses in over 100 fully online programs. The faculty who design and deliver the online courses are key to the success of the course build p ...

Academic Integrity

By: Renee Pilbeam

March 30, 2020

Much the same as with campus-immersion or face-to-face courses, promoting a culture of integrity online is of upmost importance. Concerns of students cheating or violating academic integrity exist regardless of the mode of teaching, but there are a v ...

Aligning Assessments with Learning Objectives

By: Steven Crawford

October 17, 2012

When you are creating a course, strive to design with the end in mind. After you have established a set of measurable learning objectives for your course, work to develop assessments that are aligned with your stated learning objectives. Think of the ...

Instructional Design Models and Theories: Schema Theory

By: Chris Lee

July 29, 2018

The schema theory was one of the leading cognitivist learning theories and was introduced by Bartlett in 1932 and further developed in the ’70s by Richard Anderson. Bartlett advanced this concept to provide a basis for a temporal alternative to tradi ...

Video Conferencing for Synchronous Sessions – Food for Thought

By: Andrew Ells

July 23, 2013

“Synchronous video interaction can make learning more personal by providing a close approximation of the human, one-on-one experience…” (Educause, 2013)One of the most exciting aspects of video conferencing technology is the ability to conduct your c ...

9 Ways to Make Your Course Easier to Navigate

By: Brendan Lake

April 22, 2016

Easy course navigation is a critical component of a great online course.  According to Quality Matters (QM), an organization dedicated to improving online course quality, one of the requirements for a QM certified course is that the, “Course nav ...

7 Tips For On-Camera Success!

By: Mary Loder

March 20, 2018

We recognize that being in front of the camera can be intimidating, so we’ve compiled some helpful tips from the pros to help you feel more comfortable and prepared. We searched through many articles about how to be awesome on camera and spoke to som ...

Are You Teaching Good Netiquette?

By: Jessica Cole

April 15, 2016

Defining appropriate behavior for interactions among online students helps to create a positive and respectful learning environment.The aim of education is the intellectual, personal, social, and ethical development of the individual. The educational ...

Tips and Tricks for Creating Accessible Video Lectures

By: Julie Allen

March 20, 2019

Recording lecture videos can be a powerful way to share your knowledge and establish a rapport with your students. Unfortunately, these videos can pose challenges to students with certain disabilities if specific design considerations are not met.For ...