On November 19, the SPS Distance Learning team attended the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Collaborate Chicago Conference, hosted at Rush University. The conference included several panels on subjects like regulation, learning analytics, and competency-based education, and breakout sessions that dug … Read More
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The first session in a series of video-related Learning Webinars took place on December 2, 2015. It was hosted by Aaron Bannasch and William Guth and attended by many SPS faculty and learning designers. Aaron and William gave a tour … Read More
Helping Students Navigate Your Course
Over the past few weeks, the Distance Learning Team has published multiple posts about items to include in your courses to help students navigate them successfully. In her post It’s Not Just A Reading List: … Read More
The SPS Distance Learning team is very excited to welcome two more new team members: Elizabeth Lemke and Krissy Wilson. They will both be working as Learning Designers, helping faculty outline, design, and build online courses.
Elizabeth comes to … Read More
The SPS Distance Learning team is very excited to welcome Dr. Reba-Anna Lee to the team as our new Director of Online Program Development! In this role, Reba-Anna will oversee our team of Learning Designers, lead our faculty training program, … Read More
Each quarter, the School of Professional Studies hosts a four-week, asynchronous training for faculty and teaching assistants who will be facilitating SPS online courses for the first time. Run through Canvas, the training follows the basic format of an SPS … Read More
If you have to reach an unfamiliar destination, a common practice is to use a road map. The road map shows you where to go and how to get there. The road map gives you information about what you can … Read More
Whether it’s working on an assigned group project, studying together, or networking, SPS online students frequently need to collaborate in small groups. For students who may be in different cities, countries, or time zones, this can seem like a difficult … Read More
October’s Online Learning Webinar session featured Zaption, an interactive video annotation platform. Zaption allows instructors to build video assets that engage and challenge students to interact with the content. No longer are video recordings just one-way messaging– now students can … Read More