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ACUE's Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment

What is ACUE? 

The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) is an organization that offers faculty asynchronous courses on how to teach effectively in both face-to-face and online course environments. To learn more about ACUE course content and the course-taker experience, you can attend an ACUE Course Information Session.


Program Info

Learn how to create an optimal online learning environment that propels student engagement, embraces diversity, and empowers students to persist in meeting academic challenges. "ACUE’s Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment" course provides instructors with evidence-based teaching practices that help them create a sense of belonging in their online course, provide useful feedback, and ensure that learning is accessible for all.

 

Program Details

When is it?

The current program is full. Please fill out our Interest List to be added to a wait list and be notified of future ACUE program opportunities. NOTE: Faculty who previously completed ACUE's Effective Online Teaching Course have already completed this microcredential as part of that yearlong program.

This is a fully online, asynchronous program (with a one-hour synchronous orientation session for faculty new to ACUE in mid-December) that runs from January 6th until March 23rd. Faculty learners have the flexibility to complete each module at days and times that fit their schedules including an early start option in December and/or deferred deadlines until the start of the Spring semester in January. Participants will spend 2 to 3 hours each week engaging with module content, participating in virtual discussions, implementing new practices, and completing reflection assignments.

 

Who should enroll?

Faculty eligibility criteria include:

  • those able to protect roughly 3 hours per week
  • comfortable using Canvas as a learner
  • must be employed at CSUN and teaching a course in which they can implement new strategies
  • faculty at all ranks (tenure-track and lecturers) and experience level (novice and senior level faculty) are welcome to apply
  • this course is for motivated faculty who are open to joining an iterative and collaborative process of taking their teaching to the next level

 

Is there funding?

Funding of $200 will be available to faculty who complete the program.

 

What are the program goals?

This microcredential program will deliver tools and resources to create a sense of belonging in online courses, provide useful feedback, and ensure that learning is accessible for all through the following seven modules:

  • Welcoming Students to Online Learning
  • Promoting Civil Online Learning Environments
  • Ensuring Equitable Access to Online Learning
  • Helping Students Persist In Online Learning
  • Embracing Diversity in Online Learning
  • Checking for Student Understanding in Online Learning
  • Providing Useful Feedback for Online Learning

Completing this course is one step toward becoming certified in ACUE's Effective Teaching Practice Framework, endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE). Educators who complete the requirements for this program earn a microcredential in “Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment.” This microcredential may be utilized in meeting partial requirements necessary to earn the American Council on Education (ACE) endorsed Certificate in Effective College Instruction.

 

What do CSUN Faculty say about ACUE Programs?

Hundreds of faculty at CSUN have completed ACUE microcredential and credential programs. The majority say being involved in these programs is beneficial and believe the programs have positively impacted their teaching. Sample comments by CSUN faculty include:

  • There is no question that the ACUE course has significantly improved my teaching and student outcomes.
  • ACUE presents the information in very translatable fashion so it was easy to quickly operationalize the pedagogical tips/tricks/insights.
  • Exceptional quality program with practical knowledge that can be immediately implemented into the classroom.

 

How do I sign up?

The current program is full. Please fill out our Interest List to be added to a wait list and be notified of future ACUE program opportunities.