Summary: In this article we’ll explore strategies to manage expectations, promote access, and clarify value to students to drive successful virtual office hours. Author: Brendan Lake, D.M.A., M.Ed., is a senior instructional designer with ASU…
Finding the right learning materials to include in your course is critical for achieving your learning objectives. But it’s also important to be aware of how copyright might impact or limit your choices. Seeking Creative…
Brendan Lake, D.M.A., M.Ed., is an instructional designer with ASU Online and an instructional professional with the ASU School of Music. During my undergraduate studies, I remember having a final exam for an introductory Spanish…
VoiceThread is an interactive learning tool that increases student engagement and online presence. It allows instructors and students to create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and other media, using a microphone, webcam,…
The Fingerprints of Your Classroom “The way people learn is as unique as their fingerprints.” (CAST, 2020)
By Marisa Ruiz, Maryrose Chabaan, and Dajana Radosavljevic Building Community with Discussion As an instructor, you can leverage discussions to build community in digitally enhanced courses. A satisfying digital learning experience includes opportunities for students…
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…
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…
Similarly to recording weekly overview videos, recording weekly recap videos provides an opportunity to create instructor presence and community within your course.
Creating weekly overview videos is beneficial for your course in several ways. The largest benefit of creating these overviews is instructor presence. Creating instructor presence is crucial to online courses as having a strong instructor…
In this podcast, we tell an array of course design stories alongside other ASU Online designers and faculty.
