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Information for Faculty

The School of Continuing Studies recognizes the value of excellence in teaching and the impact on student learning you have as teachers and mentors. Online education has special challenges accompanied by true rewards. This site is designed to provide you with many of the resources you need as new and experienced online educators.

For information regarding procedures and policies for SCS graduate faculty, please see The Graduate Faculty Handbook.

For information regarding online teaching and course development at SCS, please download the Teaching Manual for Online Faculty (PDF Format).

Resources for Distance Learning Teachers

Associations and Newsletters

American Distance Education Consortium
http://www.adec.edu

Association for Educational Communications and Technology
http://www.aect.org

Campus Technology
http://campustechnology.com

Educause Connect
http://connect.educause.edu

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/

United States Distance Learning Association
http://www.usdla.org

Centers for Teaching and Learning

Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University
http://teach.northwestern.edu

Florida State University
http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/ctl/explore/onlinecourse/

Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/

University of Massachusetts
http://www.umass.edu/cft/resources.htm

University of Virginia Teaching Center
http://trc.virginia.edu/home.htm

Resources for Online Teaching

Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html

Instructional Technology Council
http://www.itcnetwork.org

Quality Principles
http://www.wisc.edu/depd/html/quality3.htm

Sloan-C Resources for
http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/

Study Guides and Strategies
http://www.studygs.net

UMass Teaching and Learning Online Handbook
http://www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/publications/online_handbooks/Teaching_and_Learning_Online_Handbook.pdf

University of Illinois Online Network Educational Resources
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/

University of Wisconsin Distance Learning Conference
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/