Course Stories

S03E01: Creating Cultural Coherency-TAM542 Leading Change and Transformation in a Global Environment by Course Stories

In this final episode of Season Two, we come together to enjoy great food and engage in even better conversation about the Mediterranean lifestyle. ITA 350 explores local food cultures in Italy and challenges students to examine their relationship with their local food and communities. Associate Professor, Juliann Vitullo, and Teaching Professor, Chiara Dal Martello, are joined by Instructional De...

In this episode of Course Stories, Christina Scribner, Nutrition Practitioner and College of Health Solutions Lecturer, and Tamara Mitchell, Instructional Designer, discuss how to put students first in courses by using Universal Design for Learning, Human-Centered Design, and personalized assignments. As you can see, the interactive textbook in the course is streamlined to focus on nutrition throu...

In this episode, Marcella Gemelli, Online Graduate Program Director of Sociology and Senior Lecturer in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, sits down to discuss her course, SOC 334, Technology and Society, with Matthew Robinson, Media Manager of the EdPlus Studios. Marcella intentionally included and promoted the JEDI principles, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, in...

In this episode, we delve into the design and implementation of customized interactive learning activities. ASU Online's inaugural immersive experience, "The Workshop," brings to life a real-world urban planning workshop to hash out the details of major developments in the fictitious city of Orion. Professor Jonathan Davis discusses his need and vision for bringing a workshop to life for online st...

In this episode of Course Stories, Dr. Alicia Montalvo, College of Health Solutions Lecturer, and Tamara Mitchell, Instructional Designer, discuss how to use frameworks and best practices for innovative and iterative course design. We explore intentional course improvements, using the 5E Model of Design, and “seeing what sticks” improved the student learning experience in EXW217. Discover how you...

In this episode, ASU President's Award-winning faculty, Kristy Roschke, and Associate Director for IDNM, DeAnna Soth, discuss Kristy’s new course addressing misinformation in society. MCO 427 Misinformation and Society is part of the online BA in Digital Media Literacy. This course is timely and relevant, given the significant impact of misinformation on world events. The course explores how misin...

In this episode, Mary interviews two of her passionate faculty from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Ryan Meuth and Phillip Miller. Ryan and Phill have a long history with CSE110, Principles of Programming, first redeveloping the course for our Universal Learner pathways, formerly known as Earned Admissions, and we get a little nostalgic when we bring in Jill Roter to briefly fa...

S01E05: IPI 294: A Journey in Designing and Making for an Interplanetary Future by Course Stories

PHI 335: History of Ethics: In this episode of Course Stories, we are exposed to the pedagogical and ethical considerations for online learning and life in general with Jeff Watson, an active instructor for ASU Online with years of online course design experience.

MUS 194: Beginning Class Guitar 1 for Non-Majors: In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to Rowena Luce and Brendan Lake discuss the evolution of MUS 194: Beginning Class Guitar 1 for Non-Majors. Brendan traces his efforts to build flexibility into an online course to facilitate a creative and personalized space where students are encouraged to take risks and celebrate their musical voice.

ENG 471: Literature for Young Adults In this episode of Course Stories, we hear Christine Moore lead a round table discussion about how this YA focused course was put together using a collaborative development model and blends the talents of 3 of ASU’s top faculty in the YA arena to give students a well-rounded and expert view of the major topics in this genre. This course covers a broad range of...

LAW 480: Business LAW In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to London Skiles and Bradley Forst discuss the narrative elements of Brad’s course, LAW 480: Business Law, which takes students on a journey of starting, growing, and selling a business. We also have Matthew Robins (Manager of Online Learning for EdPlus) and MultiMedia Developer, Ron Carranza, in the studio to talk about the New Me...

OGL575: Quantitative Data Analysis in Leadership Research In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to Meredith Savvides and Mai Trinh discuss the unique elements of Mai’s statistics course, a FUN statistics course. Check out the TeachOnline page: https://teachonline.asu.edu/2022/02/course-stories-episode-1-adventures-in-stats-a-gamified-online-course/ Course Stories is produced by EdPlus out o...