Tag: Online Learning

Despite the increasing popularity of online learning, remote and hybrid courses pose challenges for students. To help address these challenges, the Collaborative has developed an Instructional Model with simple strategies that target belonging, metacognition, and other self-directed learning (SDL) skills students need to succeed in online courses.

Join us on April 24 for Achieving the Dream’s 2026 Teaching and Learning Summit: Future-Ready Pedagogy, a free, virtual event that will explore how community colleges can strengthen student learning in a world shaped by technology with practical strategies.

Join us for the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2026 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, held virtually from March 18 to 20, 2026.

Join us at Achieving the Dream’s annual flagship event, DREAM, for a discussion of how online college courses can better support student motivation, engagement, and help-seeking behaviors.

Collaborative researchers Hannah Cheever and Ellen Wasserman unveiled a set of research-based strategies designed to improve teaching and learning in online college STEM courses at a recent conference for instructional designers.

Three students enrolled in courses that piloted the Collaborative’s Instructional Model share their experiences using evidence-backed strategies to foster and reinforce learning skills.

Join us at the 2025 Instructional Design Professionals Conference, held live virtually from October 21 – 22, where course designers, faculty coaches, coaching faculty, training managers, and other professionals will share tools, strategies, and expert insights across six content areas.

How can instructors help students navigate the unique challenges of learning in a virtual environment? Explore key takeaways from the Collaborative’s Spring 2025 public webinar.

Join us for a public webinar where we explore student experiences in online courses and new evidence-based strategies to address challenges students encounter in online formats.

The Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative shared promising strategies for improving student outcomes in online courses to a standing-room-only audience at the 2025 annual DREAM conference in Philadelphia in February.