Relevance isn’t just important, it is essential to all human learning. Scenario-based learning (SBL) provides learners with real-life situations to make learning both relatable and relevant. SBL affords learners opportunities to engage in the application of real-world contexts, actions, and circumstances via the safe space of a low-stakes, controlled environment. With applications for any field of study, SBL experiences require learners to solve real-world problems of variable complexity. On this episode, come explore scenario-based learning with me and my guest, Dr. Heidi Kirby.

Want to hear more from Dr. Heidi Kirby? Be sure to listen in to The BLOC Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YGQtyZ18YNd8HQN5UCaNN.

A sense of community is central to student engagement and satisfaction. When students know someone is in their corner, supporting them, they are more likely to feel connected to their university and peers. But how do we reach out to our students who are at a distance and show our support when they are online learners who never have the opportunity to step foot on campus?

Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews Audrey Still, a Coordinator of Online Student Success at UVA, about the strategies she uses to make our online students feel a part of our UVA community.

Backward Design is one of many instructional design models where we focus on the outcomes first to help inform and design our entire curriculum or course design. Why choose backward design methodologies over others? In this episode, we talk to Dr. Luke Hobson about Backward Design and how you might use it for your own instructional needs.

What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer

Dr. Luke Hobson Blog

How can instructors both motivate students and help students feel connected in online courses? What strategies can online instructors utilize to both enhance their online presence and foster relationships with their online students? Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews UVA Assistant Professor, Susan Thacker-Gwaltney, about instructor presence in online courses.

Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews UVA assistant professor April Salerno about predicting workloads for online, asynchronous courses and the advice she gives to students who are having a hard time finding a balance between their personal lives and their course work.

Welcome back to a new season of Designed for Online! As many courses are still online (whether or not due to the pandemic of COVID - 19), the topic of creating meaningful relationships from a distance can be very informative for professors and students.

Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews UVA associate professor, Ottilie Austin to understand her experience and knowledge of what is necessary to create a positive and meaningful online learning environment to better connect with her students.

At the School of Education and Human Development at UVA we have been digging deeper into our feedback process to reimagine how we engage faculty and students in the feedback cycle.

In this episode, Jenny Quarles will be serving as your guest host and will be joined by Dr. Naomi Winstone a published author and expert on feedback from the University of Surrey in the UK and Joe Fore, a UVA faculty member within the School of Law.

Alternative Feedback Strategies for Greater Efficiency - Joe Fore

Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education: A Learning- Focused Approach - Naomi Winstone

In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss how faculty can reframe their office hours to encourage student engagement. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month

In this episode, we are joined by members of the School of Education and Human Development for a conversation about gamification in learning. Jamie Carayiannis, an instructional design intern and current student, Anne Jewett, an Assistant Professor of Instruction, Curriculum and Special Education, and Ashley Caudill, a senior instructional designer, discuss their experience collaborating on the gamification of an online graduate-level course.

In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss strategies to ensure quality student participation in the classroom. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.Episode Notes

The university student population is incredibly diverse. Each student brings their own unique background and abilities, and there isn't necessarily a mold for what a "typical student" looks like, or what a student needs to be successful in the classroom.  In this episode we will discuss ways to foster an inclusive environment for students of diverse abilities and generations

In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss low stakes activities faculty can implement into their courses to gauge student learning. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.

Learn more about H5P: https://h5p.org/content-types-and-applications

“Belonging” is an essential human need.  However, students from underrepresented groups may find it difficult to feel a sense of belonging on university campuses.  In this episode, three members of the UVA community will share practical ways you can encourage students’ feelings of belonging on your campus and in your classes.

In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss how engaged faculty should be in their asynchronous course discussions. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.

The start of the semester can be a hectic time, in this episode the Education Online & Canvas Support team provides tips on how you can ensure you have a successful and stress free start to the semester.

Winstone, N., & Carless, D. (2019). Designing effective feedback processes in higher education: A learning-focused approach. Routledge.

You can follow Online Student Support Specialist Bern on Twitter! twitter.com/PutABernOnItUVA. And, follow our online education hashtag on Twitter: #UVaEdOnline.

In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss best practices for online courses. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.

It can be challenging to translate the classroom discussion experience to a virtual environment. In this episode, we are joined by Kristin Palmer, the Director of Online Learning Programs at the University of Virginia, for a conversation about designing opportunities that facilitate active discussion in online spaces. Digitally enhanced education webinars (2021). Practical tips for engaging students via online  forums: Flower Darby. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlbKHJADDtM https://learninginnovation.duke.edu/blog/2018/10/online-discussion-forums-create-sense-of-community-in-online-learning/

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/03/27/new-approaches-discussion-boards-aim-dynamic-online-learning

https://jisajournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13174-019-0120-0

In this episode of Designed for Online, Jenny Quarles joins the Ask Ashley segment to discuss ways you can make your course less text heavy by implementing multimedia content. New episodes will be featured the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month so be sure to check them out on Spotify or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

References Jennings, P. A. (2015). Mindfulness for teachers: Simple skills for peace and productivity in the classroom (the Norton series on the social neuroscience of education). WW Norton & Company.

This episode is a part of our Ask Ashley Segment where Ashley Caudill and Jenny Quarles will answer instructional design related questions submitted by faculty.  Join Ashley and Jenny as they discuss ways in which you can motivate learners and get them engaged in your content.

This episode looks at the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting shift to emergency remote teaching, has influenced current teaching practices as students and faculty return to the classroom. Host Ashley Caudill speaks with UVA faculty members Melissa Levy and Jessamyn Manson about how they adapted their instructional methods to teaching remotely, and whether they’ve maintained any of those strategies as they have returned to in-person instruction.

References: Szot, J. (2021). Open the doors: Returning to school with new perspective. Next gen learning. https://www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/lessons-learned-from-covid-in-education

Fensterwald, J. (2021). Teachers on covid: Lessons learned and advice to pass along. Edsource. https://edsource.org/2021/teachers-on-covid-lessons-learned-and-advice-to-pass-along/652202

Ferlazzo, L. (2021). Pandemic lessons for a post-covid classroom. Education week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-pandemic-lessons-for-a-post-covid-classroom/2021/01

Goin Kono, K. & Taylor, S. (2021). Using an ethos of care to bridge the digital divide: Exploring faculty narratives during a global pandemic. Online Learning, 25(1), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i1.2484

Klein, C. (2021, February 21). Takeaways from distance learning. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/takeaways-distance-learning

Shea, P. (2021). Online Learning, 25 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i1.2711

Season Two of Designed for Online launches next week!

The second episode of every month is our Tech Talk Tuesday edition, which focuses on more specific online related questions from UVA faculty. Featuring tech tips from Dave Stoops and Bernadette Poerio, join us for a conversation about the benefits of the new rich content editor and notification features in Canvas. During the Ask Ashley segment, join Ashley Caudill and Jenny Quarles as they discuss ways in which instructors can take full advantage of the collaborative tool that allows students to edit content pages within a course.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and students were forced to transition into a completely virtual classroom environment. Although online learning has been a part of higher education for decades, some still believe that it’s not as effective as traditional, in-person classes. In this episode, join three UVA School of Education and Human Development faculty as they discuss legitimizing online learning.