We are thankful to the Missouri Online design team for developing 20 self-paced mini-courses in four areas related to online teaching and learning: design, assessment, community, and inclusion. Each course uses the latest scholarship of teaching and learning and asks participants to design and/or develop instructional materials that align with current best practices.
In each course, you will spend about three hours completing these activities in Canvas:
- Context: Review the latest information and guidance for each topic.
- Connect: Book a 1-hour support appointment (in-person or virtual) with an Instructional Designer.
- Create: Create/update relevant instructional materials and share your work.
These courses are available to you to professionally develop in these areas:
Core Area 1: Design
- 1A Information Architecture: Using Canvas Effectively
- 1B Designing Digitally Accessible Documents
- 1C Creating Effective Instructional Media
- 1D Plain Language Writing
- 1E Sensational Synchronous Sessions
- 1F Typography
- 1G Presentations Perfected
- 1H HyFlex
- 1I Tech Lab: Explore Creative Uses of EdTech
Core Area 2: Assessment
- 2A Learning Outcomes: Edujargon or Educessity
- 2B Active Learning
- 2C Authentic Pedagogy in the Age of AI
- 2D Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
Core Area 3: Community
- 3A Learner-Centered Online Teaching
- 3B Less Zoom Doom, More Engagement
- 3C Effective Online Group Work
- 3D Asynchronous Online Discussions
Core Area 4: Inclusion
- 4A Digital Accessibility for Canvas
- 4B Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy
- 4C Neurodiversity