The pandemic’s sweeping shutdown of school buildings led many districts to hastily put up emergency virtual learning services to continue providing lessons to students. For many teachers, students, ...

WASHINGTON – Rachel Pomeroy tries to be as engaging as one can be when reviewing physics concepts with high schoolers on the eve of summer vacation. The veteran teacher projects images of an “open” ...

Are you teaching online this summer and looking for new tools and ideas? Look no further! On behalf of the MSU Center for Distance Education's instructional design team, we are pleased to announce the ...

Brianna Capson, from Coopersville High School, was named Mentor of the Year, according to a community announcement. The distinctions are given to Michigan Virtual instructors who have demonstrated ...

“Thank you so much for taking the time to treat me like a person,” wrote Stephanie in an email to me. A student in one of my online courses, she had fallen behind and couldn’t see a way forward — ...

It was June 2020. I was finishing 9th grade which turned out to be the first year of several of my pandemic education. I was in a class (which means online in my bedroom) and my teacher insisted we ...

Understanding how time “works” in online teaching and course design is often a challenge for online instructors, especially those new to online education. Four distinct yet related questions can ...