instructional strategies

To Get the Right Answer, You Have to Ask the Right Question

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

We want our students to develop those higher order thinking skills that are so crucial to developing those much talked about 21st Century Skills including the ability to think critically, synthesize, and evaluate. The development of these skills is e ...

Videos in the Classroom: Is That Really Active Learning?

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

This is the second article in a series on Active Learning. Click here to read an earlier TeachOnline blog post on how active learning promotes student success.Videos are considered an especially effective way to present information while also address ...

5 Things Successful Instructors Do When the Semester is Over

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

With finals week coming to an end and grading about to be completed, it is only natural to make a mad dash for the door and enjoy a well-deserved break. There is no question that we all need a break to relax and find inspiration, but befo ...

Gauging Student Understanding: CATs are puuuuur-fect

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Do you find yourself wondering whether your online students are really learning? Whether they are really getting it? During face-to-face classes, an instructor often can use visual cues, such as a puzzled look or a nodding head from a student, to gau ...

Are my students really getting it? CATs will show you the way.

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

In a previous post (see Gauging Student Understanding: CATs are puuuuur-fect), we introduced instructors to the idea of using Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) by Angelo and Cross (1983) to check whether students understand a certain concept. To ...

Troubleshooting Checklist for Online Instructors

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Troubleshooting skills are critical for online instructors. Although ASU has 24/7 Help Desk support, being able to troubleshoot common LMS issues will save you and your students time and frustration. When asking for technical support, it’s helpful to ...

From Confusion to Clarity: Crafting instructions that draw out students’ best work

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

August 11, 2023

From Confusion to Clarity outlines a simple design strategy for crafting instructions in which requirements, the process, and grading criteria are clearly communicated, student buy-in is strong, and performance exceeds expectations.“Clear instruction ...

Quick and Easy Course Improvements All Online Instructors Should Consider

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

February 14, 2019

Many articles and workshops explore complex concepts and tools that may not be suitable for everyone. With this in mind, I asked our instructional design team at ASU Online, “What are some easy, non-technical, low-hanging-fruit-type enhancement ...

9 Proven Ways for Instructors to Address Online Student Retention

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

August 18, 2018

With accessibility to online education increasing, the retention of online students has become a concern of academic leaders in higher education (Allen & Seaman, 2015). As a result, many universities have launched initiatives to improve course co ...

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