Professional Development

Improve your teaching practice

Find best practices in online teaching and learning and a wealth of resources to help you build engaging online learning environments. Sign up for a professional development workshop or browse through available content.

Online Course Essentials

Find practical guidance to integrate online course essentials. Orient students to the course material, expectations, and structure. Provide context for learning and intentionally cultivate online community.

QM and OLC

Access on-demand professional development resources from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and Quality Matters (QM), experts in the field of distance and online education. Advance quality online instruction at IOWA through our sponsored institutional memberships.

Online Course Models

Developed and shared by IOWA instructors, online course models demonstrate different ways to integrate effective instructional practices within an online course. Hear directly from your peers as they describe strategies they have applied and found successful within their teaching practice.

Teaching Online Preparation Course

This self-enroll, self-paced introductory-level training course is a useful tool for new or experienced instructors and is available for you now in ICON.

Effective Instruction Field Guide

Review our practical guide to help you plan, build, and teach a more effective, engaging online course. *Includes highlights from our 3-year research study of online students at Iowa.

Online Course Sample Site

What does an online course look like? How can you design a more effective online learning environment? This site is both a sample online course and a guide. Layered into the content of this course is additional research, tools, and information to help instructors make the most of the online learning environment.

Microcredentials

What are microcredentials and how are they utilized in higher education?

Microcredentials offer a badge, or shareable credential, providing students and employers with a detailed record of the competencies and skills achieved in non-credit and for-credit learning opportunities. Jump-start your discovery with our quick guide.

Quality Online Instruction

Talk with us to learn more about how to integrate a new idea or approach to teaching and learning in your online classroom.

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