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Instructor Presence

By: Renee Pilbeam

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 ...

Engagement Through Videos

By: Renee Pilbeam

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 (test)

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.

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

By: Jill Roter

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. ...

Using Twitter in Your Online Course

By: Philippos Savvides

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 ...

18 Characteristics of Super Courses

By: Brendan Lake

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 ...

Using the Marvel Method for Course Design: How to Become a Superhero Team with Your Faculty

By: Elizabeth Blythe-Lee

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 ...

How Important Is Instructor Presence in an Online Course?

By: Irma Sandercock

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 ...

15 Ways Instructional Designers Can Assist Faculty

By: Kody Stimpson

July 28, 2015

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 ...