March includes a new Online Essentials workshop and research on supporting adjunct faculty. Professional development events and resources from the Online learning Consortium (OLC).

The Distance and Online Education Instructional Design team earned a 2019 OLC Effective Practice Award for the Design4Online Faculty Development program. Effective practices are peer reviewed and evaluated against OLC’s five pillars of quality in digital education: access, learning effectiveness, faculty satisfaction, student satisfaction and scalability.