FIU Online’s Monthly Faculty Webinar explores the potential for Perusall to improve and completely revamp your students’ attitudes towards reading instructional material. The “Read or Not to Read? With Perusall, that’s no longer a question” faculty webinar, presented in September 2021 by FIU Online’s Maikel Right and Jeni Lopez, demonstrates how to use Perusall to […]
Category: Instructor Webinars
H5P: A Remarkable Tool for Customized Learning
FIU Online’s Insider Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective uses of technology for the online environment. In “Has Your Content Gone Stale? H5P Can Help!,” Associate Director of Learning Technology and Honors College Faculty Fellow Maikel Right (formerly Alendy) discussed how leverage H5P to create more engaging content. In this article, we […]
7 Online Teaching Habits For a Low-Stress Semester
Let’s be honest: you approach the start of every semester with the perfect plan for a smooth online course. But as finals roll around, you find yourself buried in a heap of ungraded assignments, student emails, and rushed lectures. Dr. Amber Webber, an Instructional Design Manager at FIU Online and a seasoned professor, has been […]
Uplifting Assignments Spark Joy for Your Gradebook
FIU Online’s Insider Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective uses of technology for the online environment. Chicken Noodle Soup For Your Gradebook reviewed non-traditional learning activities and the process used to imagine them, in order to help you create assignments you enjoy grading. Instant Replay: Chicken Noodle Soup For Your Gradebook Grading […]
Learning Tools for Active Learning
FIU Online’s monthly Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective ways to use technology in an online classroom. The “Engage and Activate” webinar, presented in May 2021 by FIU Online’s Dr. Trina Sanders and Charles Roig, demonstrates how to use learning tools to incorporate active learning into your class. View the full instructor […]
Design Basics for Attractive Online Classes
FIU Online’s monthly Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective ways to use technology in an online classroom. The “Cozy up Your Course” webinar provided instructors with best practices and common pitfalls of boosting the visual elements of the Canvas classroom. You can catch the full recording here. Instant Replay: Non-Designer’s Guide to Visual […]
High Impact Techniques for Quality Course Design
FIU Online’s Insider Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective uses of technology for the online environment. #QualityGoals: HIIT – High Impact Imperative Techniques for Online Quality Course Design reviewed the Panther Quality Course Design Initiative, the general standards of the QM Rubric, and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. […]
Teaching During a Global Pandemic
FIU Online’s Instructor Webinar series explores instructional strategies and effective uses of technology in distance learning environments. Lessons Learned – A FIU Panel on Teaching During a Global Pandemic discusses FIU’s initiative for academic continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learned during remote learning. Instant Replay: Lessons Learned – Teaching During a Global Pandemic […]
Pedagogy vs. Andragogy: An Active Learning Mashup
Instructional designers often talk about the difference between andragogy and pedagogy. But which applies to online instruction at FIU?
Rubrics to Create Valuable Learning Experiences
FIU Online’s monthly Insider Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective ways to use technology in an online classroom. One of the latest webinars in the series,“Rubrics that Rock”, provides faculty with the resources to develop impactful rubrics. Overall, the best rubrics are objective, transparent, and equally serve everyone in the online classroom. […]