Designing Meaningful Learning in Your Remote Courses (CTLA Summer Institute)

This article is part of a larger series on Remote Teaching Resources. For additional support, please contact ctla@apu.edu. 

This past May, CTLA hosted a timely and unique faculty summer institute, focused on helping faculty engage students in remote learning environments. The four half-day institute focused on teaching, learning, and technology. Each day we conversed about a variety of topics that resourced faculty with timely strategies and teaching practices that are effective in a remote learning environment. The first two days were focused on synchronous (real-time) strategies, and the latter two days were focused on asynchronous (self-paced) strategies.

• Fostering Hospitable Learning Environments
• Actively Engaging Students
• 5 Equity-Based Strategies to Amplify Learning & Engagement in the Online Environment

• Giving Creative & Consistent Feedback
• Facilitating Online Discussions
• Making Small Groups Work

• Faith & Technology and Pre-Production
• Recording with Screencastify & PowerPoint
• Sharing and Managing Videos

• Creating & Grading Assignments
• Building Course Pages & Modules
• Maintaining Academic Integrity