Indiana State Distance Learning

Faculty Development

The Faculty Development schedule is up and ready for registration. Please check out the schedule below and register for the sessions you would like to attend.

Faculty Development Schedule (2012-2013) |  Click here to Register

Online Foundational Studies Faculty Certificate Course

The Online Foundational Studies Faculty Certificate Course was developed to provide faculty with the necessary contacts and skills needed to develop foundational studies courses to be offered at a distance. This program, over the last year and a half, has assisted 48 faculty members in the course design process. Some aspects covered in the course are digital copyright issues, course design considerations, developing online activities, incorporating developmental writing into your course, engaging your students, and so much more. Please click below to fill out the application, and review a copy of the Spring 2013 course calendar. Applications are due to Samantha Penney, samantha.penney@indstate.edu (DH239) by January 18, 2013 at noon.

Application  |  Course Calendar

Faculty Guidelines

The Distance Education department was charged with the task of examining the best practices at peer institutions, examining current practices at ISU, and drafting a set of proposed guidelines that would be used to conduct classes and programs through ISU's Distance Education. Guidelines for administrating distance education are now available to ISU faculty, students, and staff.

Instructional Design

You are encouraged to take advantage of the extra assistance offered by Distance Education’s Instructional Design Specialists to design and maintain your online and traditional courses. Through collaboration with ISU faculty, our ID Specialists will help you to design meaningful, interactive courses via careful analysis and the development of engaging content and purposeful assessments. They are also available to assist you with the integration of basic and advanced Blackboard features and are knowledgeable in instructional theories and best practice methodologies.

Distance Delivery Classrooms

Our Distance Delivery Classrooms use various technology in them, such as Blackboard Collaborate and Tegrity. The classrooms that use a student director to manage the systems are located in DH104, TC111, and UH008. These rooms contain seating and computers for 16 students. Our new classroom in DH303 is a mobile classroom with furniture that can be moved around at the teachers discretion. It seats 30. We will soon have a new classroom in TA229 that seats 24. To learn more about the technology and the rooms click below.

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Program Development Assistance

ISU faculty members who are interested in developing programs for distance programs may benefit from the array of services offered by ISU, including distance course development, distance program development, marketing, and one-stop student services that are designed for distance learners and transfer students.

Articulation (Transfer) Agreements

Indiana State University has established articulation agreements or transfer plans with selected colleges and universities. These agreements allow students to complete a specific associate degree program at another institution and receive up to 94 hours of credit toward a specific bachelor degree program at Indiana State University. Each agreement stipulates the ISU courses that are need to complete the bachelor degree program, as well as any other requirements or guidelines that govern a particular agreement.