Are you looking for resources to document or increase evidence of teaching effectiveness for a tenure or promotion file? Clemson Online offers several options for instructors and faculty at Clemson to do just that! For full details and other opportunities, check out our Opportunities for Teaching Effectiveness page.
COFFEE Series
Clemson Online Furthering Faculty Education and E-learning
The COFFEE series is Clemson Online’s signature faculty development program. Ranging from the basics of accessing Canvas to more advanced pedagogy and technical skills, the eight courses below can help you demonstrate the following measures of teaching effectiveness:
- Incorporation of new knowledge and unique teaching techniques into courses, labs, etc.
- Participation in professional development related to improving teaching skills or methods.
- Teaching innovation and curriculum development (Faculty Success tab).
COFFEE courses include the original course intended for instructors who want to learn best practices and skills for developing quality online courses as well as options targeting staff, early-career instructors, and those integrating Canvas in face-to-face courses. Self-enroll courses include options for learning more about accessibility, video and visual technology, and responsible AI.
COFFEE courses are all self-paced and facilitated by experienced Digital Learning Strategists. For any questions about the series, email COFFEES@clemson.edu.
Quality Matters Reviews (QM)
Online Course Quality Assurance Program
The QM course certification program is an internationally-recognized mark of quality for synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid online courses. Clemson Online offers internal course reviews, external reviews (for official QM certification), an annual QM Cohort program, and several QM and QM-related workshops for instructors at Clemson.
Clemson Online’s QM offerings can help you demonstrate the following measures of teaching effectiveness:
- Incorporation of new knowledge and unique teaching techniques into courses, labs, etc.
- Participation in professional development related to improving teaching skills or methods.
- Teaching innovation and curriculum development (Faculty Success tab).
- Recognition for teaching excellence.
- Service to the teaching profession (if you become a certified faculty peer reviewer for QM course reviews).
- Development of new course or modality change to online (BYCC only).
Two workshops, Building Your Canvas Course (BYCC) and Improving Your Online Course (IYOC), are facilitated by Clemson Online staff regularly. A QM course review is a collaborative, comprehensive examination of an online or blended course by a team of trained, certified peer reviewers, all of whom have online teaching experience. Courses are reviewed using the QM Rubric, focusing on design – NOT content – with a particular emphasis on alignment among your course objectives, assessments, tools, etc.
For any questions regarding QM at Clemson, email our campus QM Coordinator, Hansen Wetsel.
Upcoming Events
Best Practices for Designing a Welcoming Canvas Course
Wednesday, April 2, 1:30-2:30pm
Join us for our “Best Practices for Designing a Welcoming Canvas Course” presentation on April 2, from 1:30-2:30 pm! This presentation will provide helpful tips and techniques to make your Canvas course inclusive to a wide variety of learners.
Facilitated by Leslie Fuller, PhD, Digital Learning Strategist.
Register here to receive the Zoom link.
Clemson Online Spring 2025 Events Calendar
Review our Spring 2025 Events Calendar to see what Online Instruction Development opportunities await!
We have a robust lineup of topics and live training formats to support your use of Canvas and other e-learning tools. Topics cover demonstrations of using Kaltura, engaging your students, and workshops to get your Canvas site ready to teach!
All of our live training is recorded. Registrants will automatically receive a link to that day’s video after it has been processed.
Contact Millie Tullis with any questions regarding these sessions.
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