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2022: Year in Review
By Jessica O'Neel
January 12, 2023
Just like that, 2022 is behind us. This past year, our IDeas Newsletter team enjoyed bringing you fresh ideas for online teaching along with a refreshed newsletter name and design. We hope you liked the changes and found time to read an article or two. However, if you missed some of the great content from […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Michael Holly
By Gaby Huebner-Noblitt
January 11, 2023
Dr. Holly is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at UW-Green Bay and teaches in UW Extended Campus’s Master of Science in Sustainable Management (MSMGT) program. Sustainable Management was one of the first collaborative programs offered by UWEX and is still going strong as students seek a degree they can use to […]
Take Your Online Course to the Next Level!
By Abbie Amadio
January 3, 2023
Starting in Spring 2023, the UWEX Instructional Design team will be rolling out a revised series of faculty professional development courses called Level Up. In the interview below, Instructional Designer Amy Lane gives us an inside look at the new courses. Amy Lane is an instructional designer with UW Extended Campus. Her experience includes several […]
Small Course Changes, Big EDI Impacts
By Kristine Pierick
December 20, 2022
Introduction Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Three small words with huge meaning! So what do these words mean to our Instructional Design team? They mean creating courses where students see their lived experiences valued and represented and space for their voices to be heard. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to developing courses with an equity, diversity, […]
Four Strategies to Implement Retrieval Practice in Online Courses
By Brian Chervitz
October 20, 2022
Introduction In May 2022, Flower Darby was the keynote speaker of the annual Collaborative Faculty Symposium for UW Extended Campus faculty and instructional designers. She spoke about her book Small Teaching Online, which documents ways that instructors can implement small changes to their courses to make big impacts on student outcomes. One important strategy was […]
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