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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 ...

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 ...

First Impressions: Course Video Refresh

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

January 24, 2023

Considerations for recording (or re-recording) introductory course videosIt’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 clicks. So ...

Designing e-learning for students with low internet access

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 12, 2022

By Tracy Tenkorang, Project Assistant & Kim Welch, Instructional DesignerTracy 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 ever ...

Striving for Equity, Inclusion, and Student Success in Online Course Facilitation

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

November 3, 2021

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 with faculty to help provide equitab ...

Using Course Surveys to Foster an Inclusive Environment in Online Courses

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

October 29, 2021

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, 20 ...

18 Characteristics of Super Courses

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

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 ...

An Introduction to Podcasting for Online Courses

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 7, 2021

As technology capabilities increase, so does our ability to meet students where they are and accommodate different learning needs. Using podcasts as supplemental learning materials in courses offer a way to reach students in their daily lives. Studen ...

How to Make Virtual Office Hours Work for You and Your Students

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

March 10, 2021

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 Online a ...

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