Anissa Lokey-Vega
Associate Vice Provost,
Kennesaw State University
Supporting Faculty by Sharing High-Quality Course Designs in the Distinguished Course Repository
Thursday, June 08, 2023 | 10:15AM–11:00AM PT | Pacific Ballroom C, 2nd Floor
Session Type:
Poster Session
Delivery Format:
Poster Session
In the past, our faculty received compensation for developing online courses. During the pandemic, faculty were forced into teaching in the digital space and created even more courses. Faculty members have now created numerous courses in online and hybrid formats. We acknowledged a need to catalog, recognize, and provide access to these courses. The Distinguished Course Repository (DCR) was developed to serve this purpose. The DCR is in an online journal format created to facilitate the sharing of excellent course designs and best practices of experienced faculty with their peers, including late and new hires. Access to the DCR impacts student learning by supporting their ongoing success with the adoption and implementation of distinguished course templates that exemplify effective course design, instructional strategies, assessments, opportunities for student engagement, and course management. The DCR inaugural issue was published in spring 2022. We will access the DCR and demonstrate how it works, and share the challenges, hurdles, and successes of creating and managing the DCR. We will also describe our outlook and plans for the future of the DCR.
