8 Week Course/Instructor Led/Weekly Modules/Earn a Digital Credential

Your Self-Service Portal account has a different username and password from the UIS Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) and ION Moodle site at learn.illinois.edu.

If you’ve already registered for an account to take CAPE or ION courses, go directly to the Continuing and Professional Education self-service portal now to view your registrations, grades, and to make a payment.

The University of Illinois at Springfield, in partnership with ed2go, offers online open enrollment programs designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional-level positions for many in-demand occupations.

Free Online Information

• MIT OpenCourseWare MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) course content.

Accessibility Resources

• Accessibility information from UIS Center for Online Learning, Research and Service
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 – Most accessibility laws point to the WCAG 2.1 guidelines
• FAE – The Functional Accessibility Evaluator (UIUC)- analy

Technology Resources

Technologies for many types of online learning activities are listed in the Online Instructional Activity Index.

Exploring Quality Teaching in the Online Environment Using an Evidence Based Approach

The Effects of Student Engagement, Student Satisfaction, and Perceived Learning in Online Learning Environments

All links below are to outside resources – the following links do not necessarily constitute endorsement.

What is PBL?

Learning is more complex than memorization of facts. Students must learn to apply what they have learned to real life situations. After all, very few jobs depend on recalling memorized facts. Most jobs depend on application of knowledge or problem solving skills to solve complex problems. Problem based learning attempts to engage students’ curiosity and prepares students to think critically and analytically, and to find and use appropriate learning resources.

By Virgil E. Varvel Jr

Please discuss possible answers to the questions below. This exercise will hopefully generate a lot of thought provoking discussion since there are many right answers to each question. Click the links for examples of activities and answers for each situation/question.

What could you do to “break the ice” or set the tone to provide a comfortable atmosphere in online discussions?