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High and Low Context Cultures: Designing Digital Learning Spaces

High and Low Context Cultures: Designing Digital Learning Spaces

Introduction Building engaging online learning experiences to be sustainable and reusable for always-evolving student populations is no easy task. In a higher education system that attracts students with different life stories, it is important to consider what biases are brought into the course development process and how the institution can adjust to more closely meet […]

Field Notes | Week Three – Course Design and Organization

Field Notes | Week Three – Course Design and Organization

Perhaps not the ‘sexiest’ topic in virtual learning, but arguably one of the most important for student success (Joosten & Custis 2019). Simply put, navigating an online course is different – literally.  Compare a student’s first day of all ‘online’ courses with their first day of ‘on ground’. Whether enrolled in Statistics or English; the […]

Course Organization and Design Spotlight #1

Course Organization and Design Spotlight #1

Faculty Info Name: Carol Hartnett Academic Program: School of EducationAverage Number of students per section: 30Featured Course: EDMS 522 Literacy 1 Methods: Multilingual/Multicultural Had you taught online prior to the rapid shift to virtual instruction in response to COVID-19?  No, not until the shift. What practice or technique have you implemented in your course? I […]

Course Organization and Design Spotlight #2

Course Organization and Design Spotlight #2

Faculty Info Name: Peter HarperAcademic Program: ArtAverage Number of students per section: 32Featured Courses: Art 102: Multi Cultural Children’s Art Art 220: The History of the Art of Rock’n Roll, and Art 382: The Art of Social Media Had you taught online prior to the rapid shift to virtual instruction in response to COVID-19?  Yes, […]

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