May 19, 2026Teaching and Learning Presence by Phillip Motley Anyone who has been a participant in a course delivered online through some type of digitally mediated platform (e.g., Zoom or Microsoft Teams), whether as the instructor or as a student, has likely made the observation that something feels different. Yes, online…
April 29, 2025Controlled Digital Lending is Dead. What’s Next for Open and Equitable Online Education? by Jesse AkmanThe recent CEL publication Open, Online, and Equitable Education (Turner et al. 2024) offers an optimistic view of the present and future of its titular subject matter. Although that tone carries throughout the book, I want to consider its role…
January 20, 2025Asynchronous, HyFlex, and Live, Oh My!by Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 5 By necessity, ATI Physical Therapy uses elements of online, in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous learning in its residency programs. Jackie Davenport, Clinical Development Program Lead and Residency Director for ATI Physical…
April 11, 2024Online Students and the First-Year Experienceby Stephanie Matte60-Second SoTL – Episode 55 This week’s episode focuses on the first-year experiences of college students studying online and features an article from Adult Learning: Korstange, Ryan, Jeff Hall, Jamie Holcomb, and Jasmeial Jackson. 2020. “The Online First-Year Experience: Defining and…
November 20, 2023Understanding and Evaluating Online Course Accessibilityby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 3 Rafael da Silva teaches e-Learning design and development courses at Boise State University. As an instructional designer, Rafael is passionate about ensuring his course materials are accessible for his students. In this…
May 9, 2023Remote Opportunities in Work-Integrated Learning: Considerations for Moving Forwardby CJ Eubanks FlemingThe concept and practice of the remote internship/placement were not new in 2020. Over the past several decades, more and more work has been done out of the office and out of the bounds of typical workday time constraints (Dean…
March 14, 2023Ableism in Academia: The Uneven Impacts of Distraction and Procrastinationby Caroline J. KetchamRecently in one of my productive distraction moments, I came across a tweet thread from Dr. Hannah Snyder (@Hannah_R_Snyder) that spurred reflection for me in my teaching, and has led to this discussion in this platform more broadly. Two articles…
February 21, 2023Learning from the Past: Alternative Ways to Build Intercultural Competencyby Elana GutmannEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities around the world found ways to make studying away more accessible to students, particularly through virtual platforms and trips into their local communities. A few programs are discussed in more detail below,…
September 7, 2020Ask your students: The value of student input on online course designby Sophia Abbot and Geneva SteinFor Jeongmin Cho, a junior at Princeton University from Seoul, South Korea, the transition to remote learning this spring was a transition to an entirely new form of teaching and learning. He explains, “I have grown up in a traditional…
August 24, 2020Designing Online or Hybrid/Flex Study Away ExperiencesIn response to shifts to online learning due to COVID-19 in spring 2020 and in anticipation of alternate models for higher education in fall 2020 and beyond, we have curated publications and online resources that can help inform programmatic and…
