The FIU Online Instructor Field Guide is a monthly digest of pedagogical insight from faculty, for faculty. 2022 Instructor Field Guide Issues Curious about our most popular issues of the year? Look for the 🌶️ emoji to see which issues our faculty engaged with most. Want the inside scoop? Subscribe to receive our Instructor Field Guide, […]
There’s no shortage of tutorials for teaching on Zoom. But few have presented FIU Faculty with key practices as clearly as Aisha Hamid and Mathew Bennett’s Instructor Webinar. Instant Replay – Zoom: It’s More than Just FaceTime In the hands of these two experienced instructional designers, Zoom is more than a replacement for face-to-face instruction. To […]
With so many FIU instructors using Zoom in their remote and online courses, we’ve decided to compile a list of helpful tips and tricks to add to your Zoom toolbox. Enabling Zoom in Your Canvas Course You’d like to use the Zoom integration in your Canvas course, but don’t see it in your left-hand course […]
If games, like many courses, are about mastering challenging tasks at increasing levels of complexity, then gamification means exploiting that shared dynamic in our instructional design. Dr. Lukas K. Danner, our next featured Faculty Choice Award winner, won the 2017 Top Score in Gamification for his CPO3103 Politics of Western Europe. Insider caught up with Professor Danner […]
Our FIU Online Faculty are at the forefront of online learning, continually engaging in methods of improving the student experience through innovative course design and delivery. The annual FIU Online Conference provides our faculty the opportunity to discover new instructional technology and innovative learning tools, enrich courses that are engaging and high in quality, and […]
Recently, Insider has checked in with previous Faculty Choice Award winners to inspire you to nominate your own course (the deadline is October 5, 2018). Our next featured winner is Educational Psychology professor, Dr. Melody Whiddon-Willoughby. Be sure to join us at FIU Online Con 2018 when we announce the 2018 winners. Meet Dr. Melody Whiddon-Willoughby […]
In the run-up to FIU Online Con 2018, Insider is catching up with past Faculty Choice Award winners. In our second installment, International Relations professor Dr. Anjana Mishra talks about her 2017 award-winning course. Visit the Faculty Choice Awards website to nominate your own course today. Meet Dr. Anjana Mishra Dr. Anjana Mishra teaches in […]
Since 2014, the Faculty Choice Awards for online courses has become one of the most anticipated events at the annual FIU Online Conference. Each year, faculty self-nominate a fully-online course for an award in one of five categories: Student Engagement, Innovative Use of Open Content, Innovative Course Design, Creative Tool Use, and Top Score in […]
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 […]
The FIU Online Annual Conference presents a great opportunity to discover instructional technology and innovative learning tools, enrich courses that are engaging and high in quality, and engage students with interactive technologies. Current FIU faculty teaching or interested in teaching fully online courses are encouraged to attend. When is the conference? Friday, November 3rd, 2017. […]
