Designed for Online UVA School of Education and Human Development

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Relevance isn’t just important, it is essential to all human learning. Scenario-based learning (SBL) provides learners with real-life situations to make learning both relatable and relevant. SBL affords learners opportunities to engage in the application of real-world contexts, actions, and circumstances via the safe space of a low-stakes, controlled environment. With applications for any field of study, SBL experiences require learners to solve real-world problems of variable complexity. On this episode, come explore scenario-based learning with me and my guest, Dr. Heidi Kirby.

Want to hear more from Dr. Heidi Kirby? Be sure to listen in to The BLOC Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YGQtyZ18YNd8HQN5UCaNN.

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A sense of community is central to student engagement and satisfaction. When students know someone is in their corner, supporting them, they are more likely to feel connected to their university and peers. But how do we reach out to our students who are at a distance and show our support when they are online learners who never have the opportunity to step foot on campus?

Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews Audrey Still, a Coordinator of Online Student Success at UVA, about the strategies she uses to make our online students feel a part of our UVA community.

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Backward Design is one of many instructional design models where we focus on the outcomes first to help inform and design our entire curriculum or course design. Why choose backward design methodologies over others? In this episode, we talk to Dr. Luke Hobson about Backward Design and how you might use it for your own instructional needs.

What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer

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How can instructors both motivate students and help students feel connected in online courses? What strategies can online instructors utilize to both enhance their online presence and foster relationships with their online students? Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews UVA Assistant Professor, Susan Thacker-Gwaltney, about instructor presence in online courses.

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Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews UVA assistant professor April Salerno about predicting workloads for online, asynchronous courses and the advice she gives to students who are having a hard time finding a balance between their personal lives and their course work.

Welcome back to a new season of Designed for Online! As many courses are still online (whether or not due to the pandemic of COVID - 19), the topic of creating meaningful relationships from a distance can be very informative for professors and students.

Join us in this episode as Ashley Caudill interviews UVA associate professor, Ottilie Austin to understand her experience and knowledge of what is necessary to create a positive and meaningful online learning environment to better connect with her students.