Faculty Development Resources

 MERLOT's Faculty Development Portal provides almost 3,000 free resources that support a wide range of faculty development programs and services.

MERLOT's Pedagogy Portal has over 400 free resources covering over 25 different teaching strategies.

MERLOT's ICT (Information, Communication, and Technology) Literacy Portal has over 1,000 free resources that both faculty and students need to develop their ICT literacy skills required for a 21st century education.

 MERLOT's Virtual Labs Portal provides online, virtual labs for a variety of STEM disciplines and faculty's ePortfolios describing how they used virtual labs in their classes.

MERLOT's Open Educational Practices Portal provides over 1,000 teaching ePortfolios by faculty using a wide range of technologies and pedagogies to improve student learning.

The OLC has responded to the many needs of institutions for professional development and instructional design support in order to quickly move face-to-face classes online.  Learn more about the free resources and shared expertise the OLC has to offer your institution and faculty.

The Quality Matters Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) Checklist is a tiered list of considerations, tips, and actionable strategies to enact during an institutional move to temporary remote instruction of classroom-based courses.

USDLA is providing free webinars and updates to help institution and organizations respond to the COVID19 pandemic migrate to effective and efficient distance learning.

As higher education leaders rapidly plan for migrating education online, they can benefit from using UPCEA's free Hallmarks for Excellence in Online Leadership.   The seven (7) principles provide practical, expert advice to educational leaders facing the challenges of scaling and sustaining quality online education within their institution. UPCEA has also put together a free resource page to support higher ed's response to COVID19

.SkillsCommons' "Jumpstart to Successful Instruction" Portal provides recommendations and mini-courses for subject matter experts to learn methods of becoming and effective instructor in higher education and career training.

SkillsCommons-MERLOT partnered with CourseNetworking to provide a free online Teacher Academy Course on effective teaching practices using the advanced technologies of CourseNetworking.   You can receive a Certificate of Completion when you complete the course requirements online.