Staff blog

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Sometimes our best ideas come from individual designers, faculty, multimedia specialists, and academic tech professionals. Our team is the best at what they do and they're bringing some of their insights, discoveries, and latest news direct to you.

Check back often for the latest news on our department and insights to help you teach more effectively, efficiently, and easily.

Faculty
spotlights

Amy Simons: Simulating newsroom meetings using VoiceThread

Missouri School of Journalism Professor Amy Simons shares an...

Carla Allen: Creating a tailor-made textbook for a radiography class with Pressbooks

Carla Allen, Radiography Program Director at MU, creates...

Christina Carney: Empowering Students through WikiEdu

Christina Carney, Assistant Professor in Women's & Gender...

Instructional
design

The Instructional Design team is made up of 20+ professional Instructional Designers who specialize in helping faculty create quality courses. The Instructional Design team is part of the Program and Course Design Services (PCDS) department of Missouri Online. 

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Upcoming instructional design webinars

UM System faculty and staff are invited to attend a webinar...

Part 2 – Demonstrate Competence

By leveraging educational tools, implementing strong course...

Badging Your Way to Success

A digital badge or a microcredential is a visual...

Media
design

The Media Design Team is part of the Program and Course Design Services department within Missouri Online. They're a small but mighty group of multi-media specialists with skills in: graphic design, videography, HTML & CSS coding, UX design, copy editing, and web development. 

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Crafting Authentic Learning Experiences with the LX Canvas

The LX Canvas is used to create improved learning...

Understanding your students through personas and empathy maps

UX designers look at how users interact with a product or...

Redesigning for Accessibility

Missouri Online designers usually come across unique...

Academic
technology

The Academic Technology department is made up of a large group of technology professionals who specialize in academic use of technology. They work directly with faculty and staff to ensure success while using any of our 15+ supported tools, while also sourcing and employing new technology tools. 

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Fall 2023 Bootcamps

Academic Technologies hosts instructor bootcamps for the...

Teaching in the time of AI

Eight months after the introduction of ChatGPT, it is in...

Find the tech support you need with Teaching Tools

Teaching Tools is your best resource when you’re working...

Conference
presentations

Hacking Canvas Commons for Better Resource Sharing

Learn how Missouri Online combines Canvas Commons, the...

Interactive Video Tools for Scenario-Based Learning

In November 2022, Liz du Plessis, Instructional Designer for...

A Recipe for Remote STEM Learning: Bringing Lab Learning Experiences to Life in a Fully Virtual Modality

In March 2023, Missouri Online staff, along with faculty...

Operations

On-campus meet & greet events in October

Missouri Online is hosting meet & greet events on all four...

Your Feedback for Missouri Online

In November 2022, we launched our first annual Missouri...