- Online Degrees and Certificates
- UIS Online Growth
- National Awards
- NPR Story
- $3.5 million in grant funding
- Students living in 47 states and 11 foreign countries studied online
- 64.2% of all UIS students took at least one online class
- 37.8% of online majors pursued UIS degrees from other states or outside the country
- More than 200 faculty members taught online
- The average age of our online students was in the mid-30s
- Online courses accounted for more than 9,650 cumulative enrollments
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Integrated into the mainstream academic structure
Requested and developed by the department, approved through the college and governance structures as part of the normal academic structure of the university. -
Same faculty teach on ground and online
The same full-time tenured, and tenure- track faculty teach our face-to-face, blended, and fully online degree programs. -
Faculty development and support
Pedagogical and technological orientation, development and support continuously provided online and in person in small group and individualized sessions - Data Collection, analysis and research support
Enlightening decision-making through comprehensive data collection and analysis; promoting best practices and encouraging discovery of new techniques and effective approaches through pro-active research support
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Online Program Coordinators
Online Program Coordinators -- an essential role in the delivery of online programming at UIS -- provide support to online students, including student advocacy, problem solving, and informal advising. Giving online students a single point of contact improves their experience at UIS. -
Small class sizes
Most UIS online classes are capped at 20. Small class sizes allow students and faculty to develop personal relationships over the fifteen week semester. -
Low-cost e-Tuition and technology fee
All students who are enrolled in online-only degree programs and take only online courses pay e-Tuition plus a low per-credit hour technology fee.
Support office exclusively for faculty teaching online
The Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning provides broad support for faculty developing and teaching online for UIS. From pedagogy to technology to troubleshooting, the office is a hub for information regarding online teaching. -
Entire degrees moved online, not individual courses
Online courses are developed for degree-granting programs, rather than as stand-alone courses. - Online student support
The Career Development Center and Center for Teaching and Learning both offer extensive services for our online students.
- Start early
When you decide to move a course online, start developing it at least one semester before you plan to teach. - Work backwards
Examine your learning objectives and then design your assignments and choose technologies. Let pedagogy drive your technology choices. - Adopt technologies incrementally
Explore many technologies, and then choose just one or two to implement in your course. - Focus on student engagement
Give students plenty of opportunities to contribute to the course and interact with you and their peers. Build student trust and model dialog by front-loading your communication with them. - Stay organized
The key to student success in online environments is a well-organized course structure. Always err on the side over-organizing, over-explaining, etc. Making your expectations clear will help your students succeed. - Ask for feedback
Midpoint and module-end surveys will help you continuously improve your teaching. Make you create a discussion forum for students to ask questions -- try KQS (Keep, Quit, Start).
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