Teaching

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Teaching

ELI Innovations & Implementations - Instructional Development Initiative (IDI)

January 1, 2005

In 1993, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University launched the Instructional Development Initiative (IDI), using technology to foster curricular and pedagogical innovation. IDI set i…

Soaring with Distance Education: A Faculty Development Program

June 7, 2005 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2005

Salisbury University (Maryland) has piloted Soaring with Distance Education, a faculty development program that helps faculty develop and deliver successful, effective, and well-designed online cou…

Online Interaction Impacts on Learning: Teaching the Teachers to Teach Online

January 1, 2004

This paper explores the importance of interaction in the online teaching environment and the important role of staff development in developing teacher presence online. Professionally developing sta…

Best Practices: A Triangulated Support Approach in Transitioning Faculty to Online Teaching

January 1, 2005

The English department at North Carolina State University faced a rapid, large-scale transition of a number of its professional writing courses from traditional classes to online courses. Recognizi…

Preparing Instructors for Quality Online Instruction

January 1, 2005

With a growing number of courses offered online and degrees offered through the Internet, there is a considerable interest in online education, particularly as it relates to the quality of online i…

Focusing Faculty Development on the Scholarship of Online Teaching and Student Learning Outcomes

January 24, 2005 | A session at the NLII Annual Conference 2005

The University of Washington, Bothell instituted faculty/staff Teaching and Research Circles to foster scholarship. A Teaching Circle and intra-mural funding supported development and delivery of a…

E10 Podcast: Gardner Campbell and Jim Groom Discuss Faculty Attitudes and the Joy of Learning

November 16, 2010

When Gardner Campbell and Jim Groom get together to discuss the current state of higher ed, it's always an insightful and lively conversation. Gardner is Director of the Academy for …

Beyond the Foothills: Passion and Personality in the Virtual Classroom

January 1, 2004

This presentation will focus on the conversion of traditional classroom courses into online courses that retain the passion and personality of the faculty. Using courses from the new online degree …

Many Cooks May Sweeten the Broth: A Collaborative Approach to Online Faculty Training, Support, and Development

January 1, 2004

This presentation will offer a retrospective of a large-scale deployment of faculty training, support, and professional development. Strategies for moving from preparing to teach online to advanced…

Faculty Instructional Development Labs: Now That You've Built Them, Are They Coming?

October 21, 2004 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2004 Annual Conference

Faculty need instructional and technical support for their efforts to improve learning by incorporating new and emerging computer, Web, and multimedia technologies and pedagogies into their courses…