Get a Head Start on Building Your Course

Online Essentials Starter Pack: Build courses using a pre-designed template   The Office of Online Learning has created a “Starter Pack for Building Your D2L Course.” The Starter Pack is available to help faculty begin building a new course site in D2L Brightspace. It contains an initial course framework with placeholders, examples, and editable templates. It is not intended to be a full course, but […]

Faculty awarded $19,561 for ‘Shark Tank’ Presentation

MSUM faculty were awarded $19,561 (full funding) for their Minnesota Innovation Grant “Shark Tank” Presentation, “Finding Refuge: Using GIS Technology to unite natural, historical, cultural, and creative experiences in the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.” The Finding Refuge grant committee includes: Professor Travis Dolence (Distance Learning/Web Librarian), Professor Alex Fogarty (Graphic Communications), Professor Tonya “TJ” Hansen (Economics), Dr. David Kramer (Technical […]

Nominations open for Dille Lecturer Award

Nominate your respected colleagues or favorite professors for the prestigious Dille Lecturer Award! Successful nominees will demonstrate how they transform the world by transforming students’ lives. Award nominees must be: tenured faculty members respected teachers and scholars respected for developing stimulating ideas dynamic communicators Deliver nominations to the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (Owens Hall 206) by […]

Best Practices in Online Teaching – Summer 2020 Faculty Development Opportunities

The Office of Online Learning encourages you to take advantage of the array of online professional development opportunities available this summer to all faculty in MinnState!  Check out the links for course descriptions and RSVP/registration details.   5/25 – 6/14 Creating Accessible Course Document   5/25 – 6/14 Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction   6/1 – 6/21 Applying the QM Rubric   6/1 – 6/21 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy   6/8 – 6/28 Assessment of Student Learning   6/8 – 6/28 Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom   6/8 – 8/9 Foundations of Teaching Online (note: break from 7/4 […]