EPIC workshop helps instructors build online courses

October 13, 2017

Marissa Carl

Expanding Pedagogies, Innovative Courses offers start-to-finish course development support to UAF instructors who are developing or redesigning online courses. EPIC is now accepting applications from instructors who are designing online courses they plan to offer in fall 2018.

Apply by Nov. 13.

The program includes structured facilitation that connects participants directly to instructional designers and a community of faculty facing the challenges of teaching online. It will require five to 10 hours a week throughout the spring semester, in addition to course development.

“EPIC has made me feel connected to UAF and to my colleagues in ways that I never have before,” said Katie Lubowicki, adjunct instructor of writing, who is in the current cohort. “For the first time, because of the structure that EPIC provides, I am collaborating with multiple other instructors to create a course … I feel not only supported but also excited about becoming an online teacher.”

See what the current EPIC cohort is up to.

Instructors who are accepted into the next cohort will finish the program ready to teach their online course in fall 2018.

Send questions to Kendell Newman Sadiik at klnewman4@alaska.edu.