When designing a course, where do you begin? Perhaps you typically begin by identifying topics you’d like to address or texts you want to include. In this approach, the focus is primarily on content ...

The ECTL and the Office of Online & Continuing Education partner with instructors to develop engaging online courses that meet UW Online Course Design Standards. These standards are based on the most ...

Have you or your program conducted and completed the analysis steps? Then, you are ready to begin the Backwards Design process for creating your course and developing learning goals, objectives, and ...

Our team partners with individual instructors, departments, and groups to apply evidence-based practices in the design and development of learner-centered educational experiences across all modalities ...

The course syllabus is one of the central artifacts of higher education. It is a critical means of communication between teacher and student and is often the first form of interaction. The syllabus ...

Jack Nicklaus once again is free to design golf courses on his own and will be doing so under a new company jointly owned by Jack and his wife, Barbara. In a statement from the Nicklaus Family Office, ...

The College of Science (CoS) Brightspace course template offers several modifiable, pre-loaded common components to get your next course started, or to enhance an existing one. This template is a ...

When you write a course description, it is important to keep the following best practices in mind: Use generic terms when referencing software. Only use specific software names if they are the central ...

The student body is changing fast. So, too, are students’ needs and goals. If we are to serve our students well, our teaching and assessment strategies need to change, too. Gradually and unevenly, the ...

UD Online’s primary mission is to extend University of Delaware credit courses and degree programs to meet the needs of distance learners. We offer more than 200 courses that support online degree and ...

Any “best” or “greatest” list is, at its core, a study in subjectivity, our Top 100 Courses in the World rank being no stranger to the whims of human taste. We’re more than fine with that, if for the ...

Understanding how time “works” in online teaching and course design is often a challenge for online instructors, especially those new to online education. Four distinct yet related questions can ...