The recent All-Faculty Meeting recognized Lisa-Ann Barnes, who won the Distance Learning Innovation in Online Course Design Award, and this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award Winners: Kimberly Pusateri (Undergraduate Programs), Mac Steele (Professional Development Programs), and Amul Chapla (Graduate Programs). Each award recipient shared their thoughts on student engagement, highlighting practical strategies on varied parts of the classroom experience: assessment design and feedback, cognitive dissonance, real-world relevance, and case studies and storytelling.…
Month: September 2025
As SPS’s Assistant Director for English Language Support and Academic Skills, Christine Fiorite works with students in accelerated master’s programs based on the Chicago campus. She meets with students one-on-one and in small groups to support academic reading and writing, presentation skills, and class participation.…
For several months, the Office of Distance Learning has been hard at work designing a series of microcredential courses in partnership with ScrumAlliance®. These courses were built through ongoing collaboration, steady feedback loops, and a shared commitment to creating something that’s both practical and rooted in real-world experience. …
We are pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned SPS Distance Learning website! This extensive update is the culmination of our efforts to create a more useful, user-friendly, and accessible online resource for our faculty and staff.
Purpose of this Update
Our primary goal with this redesign was to improve the user experience and the quality of information we provide.…