FIU Online hosted its first ever FIU Online Symposium on November 9, 2016 at the FIU Stadium Club. The structure varied from traditional conferences and workshops. The event had a single stage with presenters rotating every 25 minutes. Roundtables located throughout the venue made it possible to interact with the speakers after their sessions. The […]
FIU Online was invited to present a concurrent session at the 2016 Quality Matters conference. The theme for the conference was “Blazing New Trails” and was held in Portland, Oregon from October 31 through November 2, 2016. Karina Gomes and Maikel Alendy, both Lead Instructional Designers at FIU Online, facilitated the session titled “Feedback: We’re […]
FIU Online is happy to share a new report titled: “The Benefits of Quality Matters Certification: What the Analytics Reveal“. To access the report, please visit: https://insider.fiu.edu/qmreport Summary: FIU Online engaged in research to highlight the benefits to both students and faculty when taking and teaching an online course that has received the Quality Matters certification. FIU Online […]
This year’s conference sessions were filled with inspiring and informative speeches from our two keynote speakers, Erin Gruwell and Elliott Masie. We also offered enriching sessions focused on collaboration, innovation, technology and design. To access the recordings from the keynotes and sessions, please access the 2016 FIU Online Conference Summary Page.
Have you visited the FIU Online studios located in the MANGO building? A large portion of the fifth floor is taken up by two video recording spaces, a sound booth, a multimedia working space and control rooms. Each recording space was carefully designed to allow faculty to record and produce high quality learning content for […]
At the 2016 FIU Online Conference, we provided a sneak peek of the Affordability Counts program. We are happy to announce that the ‘Affordability Counts’ program is now live at FIU! This initiative has two objectives: Help make college education more affordable by encouraging the adoption of low-cost course materials. Recognize faculty who have proactively […]
Link to article. Baptist Health South Florida and FIU Online have joined forces to launch a series of health massive open online courses (MOOC). “This partnership with Baptist Health South Florida offers us the opportunity to not only provide on-demand free courses for our community, but also showcase an innovative approach to healthcare education,” said […]
A wise man recently said that F-I-U stands for the Future Is Us. Nowhere was that more evident than at the 2016 edition of eMerge Americas. The powerhouse conference on Miami Beach brings together entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and everyone else with an interest in tech innovation.
FIU Online’s annual training conference for distance learning faculty. A day to be inspried by collaboration, innovation, technology and design.
By Lergia Olivo How much do students spend buying the text and materials for your course? $30? $60? $150? For a full-time undergraduate student taking four 3-credit courses, FIU’s Financial Aid site estimates the cost of textbooks at $731 each term. This number rises to $972 for graduate students. Combined with about $200 in other […]
