Instructional designers have no shortage of opportunities for professional development, both at their institutions and through organizations and conferences. At OLC Accelerate this year, we’ll be offering an Instructional Design Summit, developed especially to provide professional development that addresses a Read More >
In an ongoing effort to learn more about how learners engage with online learning, researchers are continually capturing data to turn into insights about learner behavior. Designers often then seek to use those insights to trigger events that influence behavior Read More >
Does structure matter? In a word: yes, and it matters A LOT . The structure of, and around an online unit within a college or university matters. It matters so much that everyone we talk to that works in online Read More >
Calling all Community College Colleagues! The Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference (November 19-22, 2019, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista, Florida) has so much to offer practitioners from our segment of higher education. Our particular concerns for Read More >
We all know that creating a culture of innovation takes effective leadership, but the specific strategies for what we can do to be strong leaders can be a little more challenging to identify. In the field of online teaching and Read More >
As the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Fellows Class of 2019 are announced, it is a time when we can reflect back and look forward within the field of online learning. I was humbled to receive my designation as a Fellow Read More >
With one-third of all higher education students enrolled in at least one online course, it is apparent that online learning is a major part of the future of education. We can understand the challenge college and university science departments Read More >
If you’re like me, one of the most challenging aspects of designing a course alongside an instructor is figuring out how to get started. Ideally, you want a clean slate for applying a design framework that allows you to incrementally Read More >
The Online Learning Consortium partnered with 10 researchers from higher education institutions across three countries in 2018-19 to conduct an international study with instructors, instructional designers, and professional development administrators on neuromyths and evidence-based practices in higher education. While the Read More >
Adam Davi of the University of Arizona and Madeline R. Shellgren of Michigan State University, both active members of the OLC community who have served on conference planning committees, join us to reflect on what the term edtech means to them. Read More >