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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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Best Practices for Teaching Online
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
September 10, 2018
By Andrew Salcido and Jessica ColeOne of the most common questions an Instructional Designer is faced with is, “How can I enhance the student experience in my online course?” Often times, instructors wish to replicate the activities they do in face-t ...
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How to Foster More Authentic Discussions in Asynchronous Online Courses
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
During my undergraduate studies, I remember having a final exam for an introductory Spanish course where we were asked to have a conversation, in Spanish, about the weather. At the designated time, my professor welcomed me into an empty classroom alo ...
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Dynamic Design: Visual Elements of a Course
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April 30, 2025
Co-writers; Lucy Wolski, is the Instructional Design Specialist for the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. Mary Loder is an Instructional Design Specialist at EdPlus at Arizona State University. Special thanks to Alisha Mendez and Bi ...
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Ten Teaching Trends from the Innovating Pedagogy Report
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
How are today’s most innovative educators engaging with their students? The 2015 Innovating Pedagogy Report proposes ten innovations that explore ways of teaching, learning, and assessment for an interactive, engaged world. The report is the fo ...
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10 Ways Subject Librarians Can Assist Faculty Teaching Online or On-ground
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
February 2, 2016
Subject librarians are connected to each academic program at ASU with the purpose of providing research and instructional support for faculty and students.There are a variety of ways that Subject Librarians can support faculty who teach online as wel ...
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Best Practices for Large-Enrollment Online Courses, Part III: Managing instructor-student communication and presence
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
July 18, 2019
Whenever student enrollment capacity dramatically increases for an instructor, there are a number of common questions and concerns: How will the increase in grading load be managed? How can instructors facilitate a discussion among 100+ student ...
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Approaches to Instructor Introductions
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 8, 2020
Instructor introductions are an important key to creating instructor presence in your course. This is a great space to share your background and personality with your students. This is especially key for online courses where students may not ever hav ...
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Encouraging Reflection, Practice, and Prediction through Canvas Surveys
By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team
April 30, 2025
As instructors, we’re all looking to help our students deepen their learning in ways that make the content “stick,” or in other words, make it memorable and meaningful. Cognitive and educational scientists have discovered that strategies such a ...
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