Course Stories

S03E07: Branding Your Pedagogy by Course Stories

PSY 338: Emotional Intelligence and PSY 394: The Psychology of Academic Success, also known as PSY 340 the Psychology of Academic Motivation and Growth.

Mastering the Online Classroom, BTS at ASU Online by Course Stories

S03E04: Humanity and the Adaptive: BIO 432: Why People Steal, Cheat, and Lie by Course Stories

S03E03: The Road to OLC Innovate 2023 by Course Stories

S03E02: Mapping the Course - PMG 322: Project Time Management by Course Stories

S03E01: Creating Cultural Coherency-TAM542 Leading Change and Transformation in a Global Environment by Course Stories

In this final episode of Season Two, we come together to enjoy great food and engage in even better conversation about the Mediterranean lifestyle. ITA 350 explores local food cultures in Italy and challenges students to examine their relationship with their local food and communities.

In this episode of Course Stories, Christina Scribner, Nutrition Practitioner and College of Health Solutions Lecturer, and Tamara Mitchell, Instructional Designer, discuss how to put students first in courses by using Universal Design for Learning, Human-Centered Design, and personalized assignments. As you can see, the interactive textbook in the course is streamlined to focus on nutrition throughout the lifespan! Listen to the conversation to learn more about this interactive textbook, student-focused assignments, and innovative course design experience.

In this episode, Marcella Gemelli, Online Graduate Program Director of Sociology and Senior Lecturer in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, sits down to discuss her course, SOC 334, Technology and Society, with Matthew Robinson, Media Manager of the EdPlus Studios. Marcella intentionally included and promoted the JEDI principles, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, in this course and we are more than happy to elevate her work. Marcella's passion for the JEDI principles is exemplary. She talks about what it means to mindfully seek and promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in course design. She covers some wonderful examples of how other faculty and designers can also apply these principles to their own courses. It takes an intentional approach to really make an impact in this important space of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in all courses. With the help of the ASU Online Course Design Standards, all faculty are encouraged to, and can easily ideate how, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion can be incorporated into any course.

In this episode, we delve into the design and implementation of customized interactive learning activities. ASU Online's inaugural immersive experience, "The Workshop," brings to life a real-world urban planning workshop to hash out the details of major developments in the fictitious city of Orion. Professor Jonathan Davis discusses his need and vision for bringing a workshop to life for online students. Jonathan is joined by immersive experience designers to share why these types of assets are needed in online learning, how ASU is leading the way to develop immersive environments, and what students of the future will demand when it comes to interacting with their coursework.

In this episode of Course Stories, Dr. Alicia Montalvo, College of Health Solutions Lecturer, and Tamara Mitchell, Instructional Designer, discuss how to use frameworks and best practices for innovative and iterative course design. We explore intentional course improvements, using the 5E Model of Design, and “seeing what sticks” improved the student learning experience in EXW217. Discover how you can use these iterative design principles in your course to enhance the learning experience.

In this episode, ASU President's Award-winning faculty, Kristy Roschke, and Associate Director for IDNM, DeAnna Soth, discuss Kristy's new course addressing misinformation in society. MCO 427 Misinformation and Society is part of the online BA in Digital Media Literacy. This course is timely and relevant, given the significant impact of misinformation on world events. The course explores how misinformation is created, why it persists, and explores what we can do about it.   And as an added bonus, Ricardo and Mary are joined by Regina Revazova, a journalist who grew up in Russia with direct experience of how important mediums of communication for honest and critical journalism can be to a free society. She also shares some of her own tips for podcasting; her passion and her business.

In this episode, Mary interviews two of her passionate faculty from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Ryan Meuth and Phillip Miller. Ryan and Phill have a long history with CSE110, Principles of Programming, first redeveloping the course for our Universal Learner pathways, formerly known as Earned Admissions, and we get a little nostalgic when we bring in Jill Roter to briefly fawn over Phill and Ryan and talk about the impact this course makes in all of ASU's Teaching & Learning realms.

Episode 06: IPI 294: A Journey in Designing and Making for an Interplanetary Future by Course Stories

PHI 335: History of Ethics: In this episode of Course Stories, we are exposed to the pedagogical and ethical considerations for online learning and life in general with Jeff Watson, an active instructor for ASU Online with years of online course design experience.

MUS 194: Beginning Class Guitar 1 for Non-Majors: In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to Rowena Luce and Brendan Lake discuss the evolution of MUS 194: Beginning Class Guitar 1 for Non-Majors. Brendan traces his efforts to build flexibility into an online course to facilitate a creative and personalized space where students are encouraged to take risks and celebrate their musical voice.

ENG 471: Literature for Young Adults In this episode of Course Stories, we hear Christine Moore lead a round table discussion about how this YA focused course was put together using a collaborative development model and blends the talents of 3 of ASU's top faculty in the YA arena to give students a well-rounded and expert view of the major topics in this genre. This course covers a broad range of topics surrounding the Young Adult Literature genre, also known as YA. It covers everything from the history of the genre, its career paths, representation in YA, and even the censorship of those stories. It is a VERY popular course…it is fresh, interesting and relatable, and the students who take it are studying everything from education, to literature to media & marketing.

LAW 480: Business LAW In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to London Skiles and Bradley Forst discuss the narrative elements of Brad's course, LAW 480: Business Law, which takes students on a journey of starting, growing, and selling a business. We also have Matthew Robins (Manager of Online Learning for EdPlus) and MultiMedia Developer, Ron Carranza, in the studio to talk about the New Media team's approach to developing the content of this upgraded course. All that, and we explore the varied experiences of moving to remote instruction in the midst of the COVID pandemic compared to the intentional process of quality online course design. Check out the TeachOnline page: https://teachonline.asu.edu/2022/03/course-stories-episode-2-business-lawbarista-engaging-students-through-storytelling/ Course Stories is produced by EdPlus out of Arizona State University.

OGL575: Quantitative Data Analysis in Leadership Research In this episode of Course Stories, we listen to Meredith Savvides and Mai Trinh discuss the unique elements of Mai's statistics course, a FUN statistics course. Check out the TeachOnline page: https://teachonline.asu.edu/2022/02/course-stories-episode-1-adventures-in-stats-a-gamified-online-course/ Course Stories is produced by EdPlus out of Arizona State University. Your Hosts Ricardo Leon, Media Specialist with EdPlus Mary Loder, Instructional Designer with ASU Online at EdPlus