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UGA faculty learn to apply the Quality Matters rubric to online courses
March 24, 2016Over 30 of the University of Georgia's faculty and staff who teach online courses participated in a Quality Matters workshop last semester offered through UGA's Office of Online Learning. Quality Matters is a faculty-centered, peer review process intended to promote the design and development of quality online courses, and the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop introduces course designers to these standards.
Guest Blog: Maybe We’ve Been Asking The Wrong Question
March 15, 2016A guest blog written by Dr. Theodore J. Kopcha of the Learning, Design, and Technology program at UGA Online. I want to begin by saying that I love teaching online. I’ve done it for over 10 years and I could not imagine my teaching any other way – teaching online has forced me to face many realities and grow in my teaching practice. People are often surprised by my enthusiasm. Colleagues ask me if teaching online is the same as teaching face-to-face (which I’ve also taught).
Engaging in Sustainable Online Course Development
February 23, 2016The instructional design team at the Office of Online Learning takes pride in working with faculty to create online learning experiences that live up to the academic standards of the University of Georgia. We also consider how the environment we work in can support the continued offering of the courses we help develop. To this end, we encourage faculty to engage in sustainable course development practices for all online courses.
Two Online Professors Selected as Service Learning Fellows
February 9, 2016This year, the University of Georgia's Office of Service-Learning has selected three faculty members from the College of Education to participate in its yearlong Service-Learning Fellows program, two of whom teach in online degree programs.
UGA’s Online Programs Ranked Among the Best In Nation by US News
January 12, 2016The University of Georgia has some of the best online degree programs in the nation, according to the 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs Rankings. UGA is ranked No. 3 among all universities for best online graduate programs in education and No. 5 for best online bachelor's programs overall.
Dr. Ikseon Choi, Online Learning Design and Technology Professor, Begins Robotics Lab at Local Elementary School
October 20, 2015Dr. Ikseon Choi, associate professor in the Department of Career and Information Studies in the University of Georgia College of Education, has initiated a new robotics lab at a local school through a partnership with South Korean robotics company RoboRobo. He has worked with the Department of Career and Information Studies’Research for the Advancement of Innovative Learning (RAIL) Program to create new curriculum for fifth-grade classrooms in Georgia counties based on the technology.
So, You Are About to Teach Online
September 17, 2015By: Lloyd P. Rieber, Ph.D. Professor of Learning, Design and Technology The University of Georgia, College of Education Since I started teaching online in about 2001, I have learned many things about teaching and myself. I’ll share a few of these insights in this post. The most basic…
A Teacher With a Love of Learning Wants to Extend Her Career Using Her LDT Degree
July 30, 2015Beth Littlejon has been a lifelong teacher. She’s been teaching since the 1970’s when she graduated with her undergraduate degree, and has taught middle school for most of her teaching career. She has also been an avid learner for much of her life, achieving her master’s degree in 1997, and…
M. Ed. Student Tracy Arner Gets Formal Training Through Her Online Program
July 9, 2015Tracy Arner, a current student in the M. Ed. Learning Design and Technology program, has gradually evolved in her profession from an accountant to someone who provides training for local and state governments on all of the aspects of financial management that they would need to know about.
Cheryl Stanga Took A Chance With Her Online Degree & Found Her Place
July 1, 2015Cheryl Stanga graduated from Emory University in 2008 with a double degree in Political Science and Women's Studies. She graduated right into the midst of the Great Recession. It was not a great time to graduate with liberal arts degrees--even if she had two of them. A lot of her friends were going off to law school and not getting jobs, but she knew that she had to get a job and think about improving or changing her career.