As online educators, we know the importance of building an inclusive and supportive learning environment. While it’s easy to focus on course design, content delivery, and grading strategies, creating a space where students feel heard…
Optional office hours can transform your online courses when they’re creatively designed and thoughtfully implemented. They offer a flexible support system that adapts to each student’s learning needs. These sessions encourage participation, guide individual learning,…
Please note: Arizona State University has not approved the usage of WhatsApp within its institution. This article addresses the special low-bandwidth needs and solutions in many developing countries, such as the needs of the learners…
Designing for Neurodiversity. Download full resolution PDF here. As instructional designers and educators, we are uniquely positioned to provide support structures for neurodiverse students who might otherwise struggle to engage with a course, and these…
Considerations for recording (or re-recording) introductory course videos It’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…
Course Stories, Season 2, Episode #5: Creating a JEDI mindset – SOC 334 Technology and Society In this episode, Marcella Gemelli, Online Graduate Program Director of Sociology and Senior Lecturer in the T. Denny Sanford…
By Tracy Tenkorang, Project Assistant & Kim Welch, Instructional Designer Tracy 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…
Built into ASU’s charter is measuring our success “not by whom we exclude, but rather by whom we include and how they succeed”. As an Instructional Design team for Edplus, we share the incredible opportunity…
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…
Improving course climate in online courses helps create a more equitable online space and plays a significant role in student success. Among other characteristics, equitable spaces: value diversity and foster safe, trusting environments (Gay, 2000;…
In this podcast, we tell an array of course design stories alongside other ASU Online designers and faculty.
