Canvas has an intuitive interface and many help guides are available in FIU’s “Getting Started” module page. Still, your students may not know everything they need to know to ensure the best learning experience. When starting a new class, there can be a lot of information to wade through. As an instructor, you can provide […]
We can all recall a time when we felt stressed, anxious, or exhausted from preparing for an important exam. High-stakes exams are common practice in many of our learning experiences. While these exams can be an appropriate choice for some courses, take a moment to reflect on whether there is a better way to assess […]
Instructional design principles promote the value of providing feedback to learners. Effective feedback can help students as they gain new knowledge and assist instructors in providing guidance for students in successfully completing course goals. If delivered effectively, feedback is useful in influencing achievement and motivating learners. Not all feedback is created equal. In Focus on […]
The effective use of educational technology is paramount to students’ academic success and lifelong growth. Finding meaningful ways to engage and elicit students’ intrinsic motivation have been a constant challenge to the growing field of online education. Given the multi-faceted needs of learners as well as their inherently diverse learning styles, finding a super tool […]
Problem-solving features heavily on today’s lists of most marketable work skills. Given the rapid pace at which technological progress is transforming the workforce, it makes sense that foundational soft skills such as this one have become more valuable than ever. So how can we as educators and instructional designers better prepare students to meet this […]
Instructional designers from FIU Online recently attended a faculty workshop offered by the University of Miami, centered around the concept of narrative techniques. This was just one of many professional development opportunities available to instructional designers through the IDCC (Instructional Designer Core Curriculum) initiative at FIU Online. The principle behind these techniques dates back to […]
On March 7th , InsideHigherEd published an opinion piece , that featured a professor from a small liberal arts college who talked about his reluctance to teach online. The professor started his op-ed with the following: “I use the internet for a lot of things. I’ll publish this piece online, and I’ll promote it there, […]
FacultyEnlight is a source for researching, adopting, and sharing insights about textbooks and course material. In preparation for the Summer and Fall 2018 semesters, faculty should declare required and recommended textbook and instructional materials for their lecture or lab courses via FacultyEnlight. Faculty should also declare if their courses will not require material to be […]
Teaching a course online for the first time involves thinking about goals for the course, course design, and use of technology. Adapting a course from a traditional face-to-face offering or creating a brand new course online can be intimidating or challenging at first. Fortunately, instructors teaching hybrid and fully online courses at FIU have a […]
MOOC or massive open online courses have been around since 2006 and experienced a peak around 2012. Many institutions rushed to get classes online in many of the available platforms, but over time it appears as if the massive open movement has slowed down a bit. Even as the excitement of a free online classes […]
