Tag: Online Learning

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.

As part of the Collaborative’s efforts to foster and support students’ self-directed learning (SDL) in online courses, we have explored the research literature, consulted experts, collaborated with our college partners, and gathered perspectives from administrators, staff, and faculty.

Join us for the International Society for Self-Directed Learning’s annual symposium in Tampa, FL, for a discussion of the Collaborative’s efforts to support the development of self-directed learning skills in online college settings.

Join us at the AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS), where we will discuss an ongoing empirical study of self-directed learning support in online courses at community colleges and broad-access universities.

In online courses, students are expected to take more ownership of planning their learning approaches and study methods, organizing their time, seeking help, and following through on coursework. In online STEM courses, these expectations are compounded by disciplinary cultures that have traditionally emphasized meritocracy and competitiveness.

As students increasingly enroll in online postsecondary STEM courses, instructors and students need new strategies to bolster academic success, particularly for students systemically marginalized in STEM and higher education.