2020 UNC CAUSE

While the majority of professional development initiatives targeting quality online course development focus on course design and development processes, few address the actual course facilitation process. As such, we developed a program, not only focused on course design and development, but also addressing inclusive and engaging approaches to facilitating online learning. The goal in doing so was to support faculty with developing courses that grounded in inclusive and ‘humanized’ approaches to facilitating engaged learning.

The Online Teaching Excellence Institute included both synchronous meetings in learning teams and asynchronous work in online modules with a learner-centered approach to online instruction and technology integration. In this session the OTEI facilitators will provide an overview of the experience, discuss the successes and challenges we encountered, and share outcomes.