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ICYMI: Accessibility and ADA Compliance in Online Courses

Image from the W3C's Digital Accessibility FoundationsFree Online Course page By Jennifer Bland According to the CDC, 1 in 4 adults in the United States lives with a disability. In South Carolina, the percentage is even higher with 1 in 3 adults reporting having a disability. However, the most recent report from the NCES found … Continue reading ICYMI: Accessibility and ADA Compliance in Online Courses

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March Faculty Spotlight

Want to give someone a shout-out? Email academicinnovation@uscupstate.edu! Student success is Kristi Miller's, Assistant Professor of Nursing, top priority. In her continuous quest for course improvement, Dr. Miller participated in both the Engaged Pedagogy & Hybrid Course Design Institute with CAIFS and in the OER and Affordable Resources Grant Competition with the Library for two … Continue reading March Faculty Spotlight

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Building a Safe Classroom Enviroment

By Kristen Stevenson The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework promotes synergies among teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence to achieve learning in courses. Your teaching presence sets the tone of the classroom (both face-to-face and virtual) for students to safely and successfully interact with both the content and one another. While college classrooms often … Continue reading Building a Safe Classroom Enviroment