eLearning Institute
The eLearning Institute has helped hundreds of 快活林性息 faculty redesign courses for online, hybrid and technology-enhanced delivery. Our latest iteration is geared toward faculty who are relatively comfortable with the technology and want to focus on pedagogy and is designed to help faculty build one of their online courses in Canvas using the Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) framework.
Program Details
When is it?
The program is held each summer and winter with faculty working toe update a course for the following semester. New this year, Faculty Development is accepting nominations from department chairs for the Summer 2025 eLearning Institute.
Those accepted into the program will need to commit to roughly 15-25 hours of time to complete the program requirements as they build their next semester course. This program involves:
- Attending a 90-minute orientation session on Zoom (choose Monday, June 16th from 10:30 a.m. to noon OR Tuesday, June 17th from 10:30 a.m. to noon)
- Self-paced work for your Fall 2025 course syllabus, Canvas site and QLT Workbook self-review (through mid-August)
- One-on-one meeting with a faculty mentor (after self-paced work has been completed)
- Final Evaluation (one week after meeting with mentor)
Who should enroll?
New this year, Faculty Development is accepting nominations from department chairs for the Summer 2025 eLearning Institute. The focus is on high-impact Fall 2025 courses鈥攑articularly courses taught by new or newer faculty and high-enrollment, GE, or gateway courses that matter most to your students and programs, especially online courses. Faculty interested in participating should reach out to their department chair to be considered for nomination.
This is for faculty who want to work on actively building a course and receive feedback. To benefit the most from the program, faculty should choose a course they have full control of to build in Canvas where they can incorporate the best practices from the program and have their course ready to launch at the end. Courses can be online, hybrid, HyFlex or technology-enhanced face-to-face and should include a significant amount of asynchronous online components.
Priority will be given to those who have never completed an eLearning Institute, but faculty can repeat the program with a desire to incorporate more of the QLT principles with the updated framework. We also offer for graduates of the eLearning Institute who want to get feedback from a faculty mentor on either (1) a new course or (2) on the further revisions made to the course worked on during the Institute.
This program focuses on quality online course design and pedagogy and assumes participants already have working knowledge of instructional technology tools. Previous or concurrent enrollment in our is a pre-requisite. We recommend taking Faculty Technology Center workshops to supplement this program if you need to develop your technology tools skills. This program is largely self-paced, so you will need to learn through reading/videos and completing activities using Canvas and Google Docs. In addition, participants will attend a live synchronous orientation on Zoom and meet with a faculty mentor to complete the program.
Is there funding?
Funding of $500 will be available to faculty who complete the program activities, which include an orientation, checkpoints, self-review, and meeting with a faculty mentor.
What are the program goals and objectives?
Designed for SUN faculty who want to go beyond just the basics of teaching with technology and move forward using quality standards to design effective, engaging and efficient Learning courses. Using a combination of self-paced learning and synchronous meetings, faculty will be able to pace their learning in a flexible program that focuses on how to apply the CSU Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) framework in designing online, hybrid, HyFlex or technology-enhanced face- to-face courses that include a significant amount of asynchronous online components.
By the end of the program, faculty will be able to:
- 锘匡豢Describe the Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) framework
- 锘匡豢Identify areas where you need to update your course materials to align with QLT items
- 锘匡豢Apply strategies from QLT in the (re)design of your course
- 锘縀valuate your course using the QLT-based self-review process
- 锘匡豢Discuss how the QLT framework connects with equity-minded teaching practices
- 锘匡豢Create a plan to implement QLT-based course improvements
What are faculty saying about the program?
- 锘匡豢This was an excellent opportunity to prepare my course to teach online with the guidance and mentorship setup in the program.
听 - 锘匡豢I think this training would have transformed my previous trials and errors in composing my courses. I wasn't too far away from the components of QLT Workbook, but I did pick up some ways to really streamline my course materials and the peer feedback was evidence of why it's important to have a second set of eyes to review your work. I think it was great!
听 - 锘匡豢This program was incredibly valuable. I really appreciated being able to go step-by-step through the QLT and address how well I met those milestones (or didn't!). Then reviewing them to see where I could make them stronger with the peer review helped me take my page to the next level. The in-depth examples helped me see areas I could strengthen those core items and be more specific and also make my content more accessible.
How are 快活林性息 Faculty Impacted?
For details on previous years, review the听.
How do I sign up?
New this year, Faculty Development is accepting nominations from department chairs for the Summer 2025 eLearning Institute. The focus is on high-impact Fall 2025 courses鈥攑articularly courses taught by new or newer faculty and high-enrollment, GE, or gateway courses that matter most to your students and programs, especially online courses. Faculty interested in participating should reach out to their department chair to be considered for nomination.
Which 快活林性息 faculty have completed the eLearning Institute?
Note: Faculty who completed eLearning Institutes prior to the Summer 2020 program redesign are in italics
Art: Curtis Ames, Richard Ashby, Kari Campbell, Owen Doonan, Molly Enholm,听Candice Greathouse, Steven Hampton, Shally Juarez, Niku Bayesteh, Peri Klemm, Juliet Moss, Levon Parian, Michelle Rozic, Adrienne Sacks, Ron Saito, Karen Schifman, Julia Schlosser, Kristin Taylor, Meiqin Wang
Cinema and TV Arts: Michael Johnson Jr., Thomas McWilliams, Rachel Pearl, Hamidou Soumah, Scott Sturgeon
Communication Studies: Darla Anderson, Bernardo Attias, Jenna Delgado, Josefa Gonzalez, Jaime Guzman, Gigi Hessamian, Jade Huell, Motasem Kalaji, John Kephart III, Jessica McMillan, Michele Mega, Jeanine Minge, Dinah Nucum, Kelly Opdycke, Emily Paramonova, Randi Picarelli, Janice Tessman, Melissa Tindage
Journalism: Stephanie Bluestein, Barbara Eisenstock, Daniela Gerson, Grechen Macchiarella Biasotti, Tamara Truiillo
Music: Allison Allport Counseller, Katherine Baker, John Buonamassa, Helen Dolas, James Dorsa, David Edelstein, Julia Heinen, Liviu Marinescu, Arthur McCaffrey, David Pozzi, Hillary Yip
Theater: Marcos Najera, Stefani Overman-Tsai, Debra Piver
- Accounting and Information Systems:听Manuela Moura Dantas,听Seyed Pouyan Eslami, Monica Gianni,听David Liu,听Yuan Yuan Lu, Joon Seok Moon, Dat-Dao Nguyen, David Primes, Jun Zhan, Sung Wook Yoon
- 锘匡豢Business Law: Ray Calnan, Nanci Carr, Wade Chumney, Farshad Ghodoosi, Lauren Ross, Suyan Zheng
- 锘匡豢贰肠辞苍辞尘颈肠蝉: Francisco Beltran Silva, Matthew Histen, Nicardo Mcinnis, Alex Yukhov
- 锘匡豢Finance, Financial Planning, and Insurance: M. Monica Hussein, Zhong-Guo Zhou
- 锘匡豢惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟: Violet Christopher, Zhaleh Semnani-Azad, Lois Shelton, Nathalie Virem
- 锘匡豢惭补谤办别迟颈苍驳: Mariam Beruchashvili, Karen Blackwell, Ning Fu, Keith Gosselin, Sean Mazier Keyani, Robert Kim, Dong Liu, Qin Sun, Franck Vigneron, Na Wen
- 锘匡豢Systems and Operations Management: Leily Farrokhvar, Amir Gharehgozli, Akash Gupta, Kaveh Houshmand Azad, Kunpeng Li, Mahdi Najafabadi, Qiuhua Sheng
- Deaf Studies:听Christine Firkins
- Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Joshua Einhorn
- Educational Psychology and Counseling:听Joannie Aguayo, Mane听Dovlatyan-Atashian,听Angelica Galvan, ellen stohl, Madhavi Williams
- Elementary Education: Jessica Clifton,听Dominic Grasso,听Alexandria Hollett, Minsung Kwon, Mira Pak
- Secondary Education:听Michael Alvarez,听Scott Cooper, Norman Herr,David Moguel, Paul Payne, Fataneh Tabatabai,听Jenn Wolfe
- Special Education:听Fatmana Deniz,听Rachel Friedman-Narr,听Vanessa Goodwin, Amy Hanreddy, Virginia Kennedy,听Ellen Schneiderman, Sue Sears, Samantha Toews,听Rose Udicki, Connie Wong
- Civil Engineering and Construction Management:听Rais Ahmad,听David Boyajian,听Tzong-Ying Hao,听Spiridon Lazaris,听Sami Maalouf, Ricardo Medina, Diba Yadegari
- Computer Science:听Mohammed Abdelrahim, Cecile Bendavid, Maryam Jalalitabar, Li Liu,听Oscar Marin, Lucy Parakhovnik
- Electrical and Computer Engineering:听Sequare Daniel-Berhe,听Bradley Jackson,听Ruting Jia,听Mohammad Rasoul Narimani,听Jack Ou
- Mechanical Engineering:听Peter L.H. Bishay,听Maya Pishvar,听Vinicius Maron Sauer, Christoph Schaal, Natalie Schaal, Mohab Shalaby
- Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management:听Sepideh Abolghasem,听Ardavan Asef-Vaziri,听Siva Sankaran
- Child and Adolescent Development:听Hanna Avnon,听Tissyana Camacho, Manisha Chase, Elizabeth Darvick, Kandice Grote,听Shu-Sha Angie Guan, Piljoo Kang, Nancy Miodrag,听Roxanne Moschetti, Catherine Placencia, Marlen Quintero Perez, Emily Russell, April Taylor
- Environmental and Occupational Health:听Veronica Becerra, Maurice Oillataguerre
- Family Consumer Sciences:听Amanda Blake,听Linda Bradley, Joyce Marie Brusasco, Rosalia Garcia-Torres, Hessam Ghamari, Nasrin Golshany,听Jongeun Kim,听Kristin King, Rodica Kohn, Uma Krishnan, Heather McCollum, Yoko Mimura, Cynthia Schlesinger,听Elizabeth Sussman, Setareh Torabian-Riasati, Tsun-Yin Tung
- Health Sciences:听Grishma Bhavsar,听Lisa Chaudhari,听Robin Edmonds, Nadejda Fedortsova, Fran Jaffe,听Gretta Madjzoob,听Jennifer Little,Jennifer Newman, Carrie Pullen, Cathy Rusch, Carmen Saunders-Russell, Suzanne Spear,听Vir-laesta Vergel de Dios, Tanya Wicks,听Joy Williams
- Kinesiology: Teri Berkel,听Christian Bolsmann, Liezel Marie De Guzman-Lorico, Ovande Furtado Jr.,听Kimberly Henige, Sarah Jaque, Danielle Jarvis,听Jacob Jensen, Yeonhak Jung, Raquel Lenhart, Andrew Linden, Vincent Falcon Martinez, Rebecca Pena,听Teri Todd, Ben Yaspelkis
- Nursing: Laurie Gelardi,听Kader Tekkas-Kerman
- Physical Therapy: Paula Ferreira
- Recreation and Tourism Management: Francisca Castillo, Jose Gonzalez, Joong-Won Lee, Heekyung Sung, Hui Xie, Wendy Yost
- American Indian Studies:听Alesha Claveria
- Asian American Studies:听Simmy Makhajani, Yvette de la Vega
- Central American Studies:听Susana Marcelo,听Leslie Rodriguez,听Joseph Wiltberger
- Chicana/o Studies: Guillermo Aviles, Sandra de la Loza, Sabina Erickson, Alicia Estrada,听Xochitl Flores-Marcial, Antonio Gallo, Melissa Galvan, Peter Garcia, Gabriel Gutierrez, Carlos Armando Hernandez,听Guillermo Marquez,听Theresa Monta帽o, Renee Moreno, Fabian Pacheco,听Maythe Ruffino, Stevie Ruiz, Ana Sanchez-Mu帽oz, Denise Sandoval, Vilma Villela
- English: Dylan Altman, Corin Alvarado,听Jon Beadle, Stacey Bieber,听Kimberly Carroll,听Azure Star Glover, Amanda Harrison, Malinda Hackett, Andrea Hernandez,听Santosh Khadka, Scott Kleinman, Kelan Koning, Whitney Kosters,听Eric Kufs,听Noreen Lace,听Jennifer Lee,听Joanne Martin, Richard Mitchell, Iswari Pandey, Trista Payte, Kathleen Roman, Jutta Schamp, Nicole Solis,听Patricia Swenson,听Audrey Thacker, Kimberly Wells
- Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies:听Rosalie Dianne Bartlow, Helina Beyene, marie cartier, Elizabeth Philipose
- Jewish Studies: Melissa Weininger听
- Liberal Studies: Mary Dudley, Sean Pessin, Heidi Schumacher
- Linguistics: Anne Crawford, Yvette de la Vega, Laura Hirrel, Anna Dina Joaquin, Vasiliki Karras-Lazaris, Stephanie Kim (Ahn), Moira Saltzman, Christina Scholten
- Modern and Classical Language and Literatures: Gabriela Aprato, Sumaya Bezrati,听Fidel Consuelo Jimenez,听John Joseph Haberstroh, Junliang Huang, Drake Langford, Axel Montepeque,听Pamela Perez,Svetlana Tyutina,听Tim Watson
- Philosophy:听Abel Franco,听Valerie Giovanini,听Justin Kitchen,听Weimin Sun
- Political Science: Linda Alvarez
- Queer Studies:听Joe Martinez
- Religious Studies:听X贸chitl Alvizo, Amanda Baugh, Claire Kravette,听Tim Kuns,听Vikas Malhotra,听Mary Jane O鈥橠onnell,听Rosamond Rodman, Mustafa Ruzgar
- Theatre: Stephanie Lim
- Biology:听Lisa Banner, Chhandak Basu, David Bermudes, Maria Elena De Bellard Pecchio, Ray Hong,听Mariano Loza Coll,听Rachel Mackelprang,听Cindy Malone, Sean Murray, Kerry Nickols,听Jeanne Robertson, Crystal Rogers, Cody Russell, Mary-Pat Stein, Casey terHorst, Jeremy Yoder
- Chemistry and Biochemistry: Ravinder Abrol,听Susan Collins,听Paula Fischhaber,听Kayla Kaiser, Thomas Minehan, Dorothy Nguyen-Graff
- Geological Sciences:听Mary Robinson Cecil, Priya Ganguli,听Richard Heermance, Brittany Huerta, Karen Savage 听
- Mathematics: Michael Crosswhite, Koffi Enakousta,听Kellie Evans, Silvia Fernandez,听Nafiseh Khoram,听Chieh-Cheng Lo,听Bozena Onzol, Arash Salehi
- Physics and Astronomy: Debi Prasad Choudhary, Tyler Luchko,听Farisa Morales
- Africana Studies:听Lisbeth Gant-Britton, Raquel Kennon, Sheba Lo, Victoria Richards, Janice Robinson,听W. Gabriel Selassie I,听James Simmons, Maya Singleton, Monica Turner
- Anthropology: Rachel Giraudo, Catherine Haradon,听Gisela Lanzas,Christina Von Mayrhauser
- Criminology and Justice Studies: Jaime Alanis,听Kimberly Nichole Bonfiglio,听Jordan Corin Grasso, Beth Jakubanis, Sohyun Kim, Katherine Lorenz, Brianne Posey, Jimin Pyo, Nayan Ramirez, Victor Shaw, Anastasiia Timmer, Jaycynda Trifone-Woodruff
- Geography and Environmental Studies:听Ronald Davidson, Steven Graves
- History:听Kathleen Addison, Jeffrey Auerbach, Patricia Juarez-Dappe, Jeffrey Kaja, Jessica Kim, John Paul Nu帽o,听Donal O鈥橲ullivan,听Clementine Oliver,听Natale Zappia
- Political Science: Maria Garcia-Acevedo,听Thomas Hartman,听Boris Ricks
- Psychology: Alyssa Arentoft, Sara Berzenski,听Gidget Brogdon, Stefanie Drew,听Elise Fenn,听Chunying Jin, Debbie Ma,听Bradley McAuliff, Alexandrea Park,听Abraham Rutchick, Omar Ruvalcaba, Margaret Shiffrar, Holli Tonyan, Essence Lynn Wilson, Erica Wohldmann
- Social Work: Judith DeBonis,听Jeanna Jacobsen
- Sociology: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Laura Edles, John Ellington Godard Jr.,听Roya Mavaddat,听Stacy Missari, Karen Morgaine, Daniel Olmos
- Urban Studies and Planning:听Miriam Paloma Giottonini Badilla,听Zeynep Toker, Claude Willey
University 100 (many of these faculty teach in more than one department):听Anna Avetisyan, Sherilyn Ashena,听LaShandra Batiste, Conchita Battle,听Vanessa Carlisle, Jose Curiel,听Colette Meade,听Autumn Rachel Fabricant,听Catherine Givertz, Monicka Guevara,听Sharon Lim, Gladys Mendez,听Amber Norwood,听Gretchelle Quiambao,听Matthew Reinig, Curtis Taylor听 听
- Research, Instruction and Outreach Services:听Yi Ding