What We Did This Summer: A Fresh Look at Faculty Development Courses
While some may picture summer in academia as a quiet time of rest and recovery, the Distance Learning Instructional Support Team spent the season diving headfirst into a full renovation of our online faculty development courses! Think of it as a home makeover - but for professional learning. We杏吧专区檙e excited to share what杏吧专区檚 new, what杏吧专区檚 changed, and what杏吧专区檚 coming soon.
What杏吧专区檚 new
ODL 140: Learning Objectives and Alignment
Previously offered as ODL 200, we restructured the course from a facilitated delivery to self-paced to better support faculty who want to get more experience with learning objectives and alignment as well as course maps.
Enrolling in the course provides a full year of access to content. To earn a certificate for the course, you must complete all activities and pass all quizzes.
ODL 150: AI Essentials for Educators
This fall, we杏吧专区檙e offering an entirely new course exploring how AI tools can support your teaching and productivity!
ODL 220: Creating Interactive Learning Content for Engaging Students
We杏吧专区檝e expanded this course to create a more dynamic experience, supplementing the hands-on elements in the course with concepts previously delivered in ODL 110: Strategies for Engaging Learning Online.
This streamlined course is facilitated asynchronously over 14 days. By enrolling in the course, you can expect to spend 8-10 hours on course content, activities, and assessments.
What杏吧专区檚 changed
ODL 120: Designing Accessible Online Courses
Inclusive design in the classroom ensures content is accessible and usable to the widest possible number of learners. In this course, we杏吧专区檝e made updates to make implementation easier than ever.
ODL 130: Introduction to Open Educational Resources
All the content previously delivered through this course will soon be available as a streamlined resource on our website to allow for easier ongoing access.
Enrolling in ODL Courses
ODL courses are all offered asynchronously, allowing faculty to access professional development around their busy schedules. Courses are part of our Online Teaching Certification pathway and are open to all faculty or staff for professional development.
We杏吧专区檙e excited to share these updates and hope you杏吧专区檒l explore what杏吧专区檚 new. Whether you杏吧专区檙e building skills or refreshing your approach, our revamped courses offer practical tools to support engaging, inclusive teaching.
Email us at distancelearning@louisiana.edu to enroll.
Self-Paced Courses: Flexible, Focused, and Fresh
Take up to a year (365 days) to complete our self-paced courses.
- ODL 100: Moodle Basic Training
- ODL 120: Designing Accessible Online Courses
- ODL 140: Learning Objectives and Alignment
- ODL 150: AI Essentials for Faculty and Staff*
*Coming Fall 2025
Facilitated Courses: Designed with You in Mind
Gain actionable feedback and complete courses with a cross-disciplinary cohort through our facilitated courses. Check under 杏吧专区Events杏吧专区 for upcoming dates.
- ODL 210: Beyond Design 杏吧专区 Strategies for Online Course Delivery
- ODL 220: Creating Interactive Learning Content for Engaging Students
- ODL 230: Introduction to Instructional Video Production
