Welcome to Online Faculty Development
The IDEAS Training team is the initial contact for new online instructors teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst through the Department of Online Education.
OUR OBJECTIVES
The objectives of our work are:
- To familiarize online faculty with the learning management system (LMS)
- To orient online faculty to university and campus resources, policies and procedures
- To orient online faculty to instructional design, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks of online education and course design
- To provide support for online faculty during training and course construction
- To provide instructional support and training on software specific to online instruction
- To provide educational materials to online instructors and students regarding technologies and software used in online courses