For-Credit Online Development
Clemson Online offers course and program development services for instructors and staff who are interested in creating unique, rigorous online courses for students enrolled at Clemson. Our team of Digital Learning Strategists go beyond instructional design to help you build online courses and programs with sound pedagogy and impactful technologies. If you're ready to develop your online course, let us help you!
Work with a Digital Learning Strategist
What is a Digital Learning Strategist (DLS)?
A DLS has an advanced degree as well as online and face to face teaching experience in higher education. We currently teach online so we can share the latest in online pedagogy strategies. As certified Quality Matters peer reviewers, we also review online courses and share best practices for course features such as accessibility, learning objectives, alignment, and active learning.
A DLS works with instructors in the following areas:
- Online instruction best practices and pedagogy, including online course and program development.
- Course development for teaching with Canvas in all modalities.
- Sharing resources on a range of online instruction topics for both beginner and seasoned instructors.
- Improving accessibility in the course's digital space.
- Problem-solving related to translating face-to-face teaching to online modalities.
- Discovering and adapting emerging technology for online learning.
We also provide the following services:
- Individual consultations for problem-solving, demonstration, and general course development needs.
- Training events, programs, workshops, and courses, including the Annual New Instructor Conference in August and Canvas Jumpstart Series in January.
- Quality Matters course reviews.
- Resource creation, curation, and maintenance across several resource hubs, including the Faculty Resource Center (self-enroll link) and the Clemson Hub for Adjunct Instructors, or CHAI (self-enroll link).
Getting Started
If you’re interested in developing an online course or program, please email Lori Kinley at lmkinle@clemson.edu.
Course Development Resources
Quality Matters
A Quality Matters course review is a collaborative, comprehensive examination of an online or blended course by a team of trained, certified peer reviewers, all of whom have online teaching experience.
COFFEE
The Clemson Online Furthering Faculty Education and E-Learning, or COFFEE, prepares instructors for teaching online.
Video Services
Visit our video services page for an in-depth look at various video production services, including Lightboard recordings, onsite video work, editing, and more.
Canvas Instructor Resources
View the available Canvas resources and tools for instructors from Clemson Online.
What Clemson Instructors are Saying About Quality Matters and Clemson Online
“I am pleasantly surprised by the expectation that reviewers are asked to be specific, thoughtful, and balanced in their reviews.”
“I learned about how to inspect the accessibility of my LMS pages, and how to use the hierarchy of the headings to make my course more accessible to all kinds of learners.”
“I realized that changing a course for the better is certainly feasible and can happen over a series of ‘manageable’ and ‘traceable’ steps.”