Professional Development
While the transition to teaching online is rewarding, it’s not always an easy process, even for those who have taught face-to-face for many years. The Office of Online Learning can assist instructors with developing the skills, confidence, and expertise needed to deliver a truly great online course.
Online Teaching Courses
OOL’s online teaching courses provide the most in-depth training for instructors wanting to create high-quality, engaging, and effective online learning experiences for students.
- Online Teaching Fundamentals—This self-paced, asynchronous course leads instructors through the most fundamental skills and knowledge needed to teach well online at Loyola. Based on researched best practices, instructors will learn more about online course design, building and facilitating in Sakai, engaging online students, and more.
- Advanced Online Teaching Skills—Coming in Spring 2025 Advanced Online Teaching Skills will help instructors develop more advanced technology skills, design courses with innovative teaching strategies, and go into more depth on the facilitation skills that research shows matter most in the contemporary online environment. Completion of Online Teaching Fundamentals, or its equivalent, is required.
For each of these courses, faculty can earn a digital badge that showcases their learning to others. To learn more and to register, visit our online teaching courses page.
Live Workshops & Webinars
Each semester, OOL offers workshops and webinars on a variety of fundamental and advanced teaching and learning topics. Lasting no more than an hour, these live events provide a more interactive, personal, and community-based learning experience. To see our full schedule of live educational offerings and to register, visit our live events page.
Online Teaching Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Administered by OOL, but driven by Loyola instructors, the Online Teaching PLC is a space for those who teach online to share knowledge, ask questions, and develop community around online teaching. The Online Teaching PLC meets live three times a semester and has a on-demand communication space in Microsoft Teams—participate how you what, when you can! All Loyola instructors who teach online are welcome to join, including faculty instructors (tenure-track, NTT, and adjunct), graduate students (TAs and instructors), and staff educators. Visit the Online Teaching PLC page to sign up and learn more.
On-Demand Teaching & Learning Resources
For instructors wanting to dive into specific online teaching topics at their own pace, our on-demand resources provide the perfect way to do so. To browse the ever-increasing offerings on topics related to course design, facilitation strategies, student engagement, online learning technology, and more, visit our Faculty Resources page.
While the transition to teaching online is rewarding, it’s not always an easy process, even for those who have taught face-to-face for many years. The Office of Online Learning can assist instructors with developing the skills, confidence, and expertise needed to deliver a truly great online course.
Online Teaching Courses
OOL’s online teaching courses provide the most in-depth training for instructors wanting to create high-quality, engaging, and effective online learning experiences for students.
- Online Teaching Fundamentals—This self-paced, asynchronous course leads instructors through the most fundamental skills and knowledge needed to teach well online at Loyola. Based on researched best practices, instructors will learn more about online course design, building and facilitating in Sakai, engaging online students, and more.
- Advanced Online Teaching Skills—Coming in Spring 2025 Advanced Online Teaching Skills will help instructors develop more advanced technology skills, design courses with innovative teaching strategies, and go into more depth on the facilitation skills that research shows matter most in the contemporary online environment. Completion of Online Teaching Fundamentals, or its equivalent, is required.
For each of these courses, faculty can earn a digital badge that showcases their learning to others. To learn more and to register, visit our online teaching courses page.
Live Workshops & Webinars
Each semester, OOL offers workshops and webinars on a variety of fundamental and advanced teaching and learning topics. Lasting no more than an hour, these live events provide a more interactive, personal, and community-based learning experience. To see our full schedule of live educational offerings and to register, visit our live events page.
Online Teaching Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Administered by OOL, but driven by Loyola instructors, the Online Teaching PLC is a space for those who teach online to share knowledge, ask questions, and develop community around online teaching. The Online Teaching PLC meets live three times a semester and has a on-demand communication space in Microsoft Teams—participate how you what, when you can! All Loyola instructors who teach online are welcome to join, including faculty instructors (tenure-track, NTT, and adjunct), graduate students (TAs and instructors), and staff educators. Visit the Online Teaching PLC page to sign up and learn more.
On-Demand Teaching & Learning Resources
For instructors wanting to dive into specific online teaching topics at their own pace, our on-demand resources provide the perfect way to do so. To browse the ever-increasing offerings on topics related to course design, facilitation strategies, student engagement, online learning technology, and more, visit our Faculty Resources page.