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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Faculty

Building Blocks for College Completion: Blended Learning

December 11, 2012

Ten projects funded by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) in the initiative’s first round of investment in 2011, known as Wave I, sought to scale the adoption of blended learning model…

10 Ways to Ruin a Perfectly Good Design Assignment: Guest Blog by Dave Underwood

January 23, 2013

This guest blog by talented author Dave Underwood  takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what NOT to do when creating multimedia assignments for students. As a media consultant, he has worked wit…

Managing the Online Learning Environment

March 19, 2012

Malcolm Brown, ELI director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director moderate this seminar with Tina Stavredes. In the online environment, a course is available 24/7. The continuous accessibili…

Building Teaching with Technology: Structure and Infrastructure

March 13, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012

This presentation will describe a successfully implemented staged model for pedagogically based blended learning using the Blackboard LMS and the concurrent institutional changes and community buil…

Shift Your Faculty to the Next Level: Employing Resident Educational Technology Support

October 21, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

This session will cover the basics of enriching your instructional design/educational technology support by building a team that's both centralized and decentralized. This cross-disciplinary t…

Essential Attributes of Faculty Professional Development: The Excellence in Online Education Initiative

October 21, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

Professional development in best practices for online teaching is essential to ensuring the success of new online instructors. In this session, learn the 12 essential attributes of faculty profes…

Implementation of Blended Learning for the Improvement of Student Learning (Pilot Program/Emerging Technology)

February 16, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

The session will discuss a grant funded program designed to engage faculty in the development of effective blended courses that integrate instructional technologies to develop student learning and …

Blended Learning: A Report on the ELI Focus Session

November 15, 2010

On September 15 and 16, 2010, the ELI teaching and learning community gathered for an online focus session on blended learning. This white paper is a synthesis of the key ideas, themes, and conce…

A Glance at Institutional Support for Faculty Teaching in an Online Learning Environment

September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways A survey of higher education institutions in a 12-state region investigated how they support faculty with the design and development of web-based classes. The literature o…

Creativity and Consistency in Online Courses: Finding the Appropriate Balance

March 17, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2010

To maintain quality and ensure instructional alignment, many institutions are turning to predesigned courses (PDCs) or master course templates for online courses. How can we balance the need for qu…