ReFocus Online is a 4-week ‘design camp’ to support faculty preparing classes incorporating online elements that accommodate remote teaching and learning needs. The goal is transparent and accessible learning design for all students that can flex between face-to-face and online modalities.
Each week focuses on a component of online course design:
- Week 1: Course Structure and Communication
- Identify potential barriers in online and hybrid courses
- Explore models for organizing course structures and establishing communication plans
- Evaluate accessibility of online course structure and communication options
- Week 2: Course Assignments and Feedback
- Identify potential barriers for student expression in online environments, including demonstration of thinking and understanding
- Create transparent and accessible online assignment options aligned to course outcomes
- Develop accessible feedback strategies
- Week 3: Content Creation and Curation
- Identify potential barriers to student interaction with online course content
- Create and share accessible online content
- Identify supports and strategies for student processing and comprehension
- Week 4: Student and Instructor Engagement
- Identify potential barriers to student engagement online
- Develop practices for engaged synchronous sessions
- Identify strategies to facilitate online student engagement, including collaborative student work
- Maintain instructor presence in an online platform
- Evaluate accessibility of course engagement strategies
All ReFocus Online materials and sessions recordings are available on the program’s website.