PoRTAL
Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning
The Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning (PoRTAL) digital repository is the go-to resource for anyone interested in online teaching and learning. Are you thinking about moving your courses to an online format? Are you already teaching online and looking for additional ways to engage your students? PoRTAL can help you improve your knowledge and skills as you seek to develop your online courses. Topics include: instructor strategies, course enhancement, pedagogy, active learning, sample tools, and policies to help make your job easier as an online instructor and your courses more engaging for your students.
As you browse through PoRTAL you will discover that each document is complete with an overview of the topic, an outline of evidence-based best practices (as applicable), and tips and tricks for implementing the ideas. We trust PoRTAL will be a powerful resource for you as you continue growing and developing your skills as an online instructor. Please check back regularly as we add more resources to the repository.
Categories on this page:
- Starting to Think about Your Course Design
- Strategies for Online Teaching and Learning
- Upping your Game
- Policies & Procedures
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Starting to Think about Your Course Design
Interactive Synchronous Sessions in Online Courses
Make your synchronous sessions interactive and engaging.
Course Design Student EngagementGamification
Engage your online students using gamification strategies and tools.
Instructional Strategies Student EngagementCommunity of Inquiry
Use the Community of Inquiry framework to establish teaching, social, and cognitive presences in your online course.
Course Design Student EngagementStudent-Centered Teaching
Apply strategies to encourage the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes by students.
Active Learning Course Design Instructional StrategiesUniversal Design for Learning (UDL)
Maximize student success with multiple means of engagement, representation, action, and expression.
Accessibility Active Learning Course Design Sample ToolsCDD Online Course Evaluation Rubric
Evaluate your online course using the Course Design and Development Rubric grounded in the Quality Matters standards.
Course Design Course EvaluationCultural Competence
Apply practical suggestions to make an online course culturally sensitive for addressing the needs of your students.
Course Design Cultural ResponsivenessStrategies for Online Teaching and Learning
Authentic Learning
Prepare learners for the real world with authentic learning tasks that resemble real-life situations and promotes knowledge transfer
Active Learning Instructional Strategies Student EngagementCase Based Learning
Use case-based learning to engage learners in real-world professional contexts.
Active Learning Course Enhancement Instructional Strategies Student EngagementDiscussion Board Facilitation
Improve your online course discussions by facilitating dialogue during different times of your online course.
Communication Discussion Boards Instructional Strategies Student EngagementSample Discussion Board Rubric
Use your own version of this Sample Discussion Board Rubric to help guide your students in posting.
Discussion Boards Instructional Strategies Student EngagementInstructor Role Adjustment
Become a facilitator in your online course and give learner centered instruction in your online courses.
Course Design Getting Started Instructional Strategies Pedagogy Strategies for Online Teaching and LearningJournaling with Students
Use journaling with your students to encourage self-reflection, critical thinking, and build rapport in the online environment.
Communication Course Enhancement Instructional Strategies Student EngagementOnline Teaching Persona
Develop your teaching persona to build rapport with your online students.
Communication Instructional Strategies Student EngagementPosting with Intentionality
Promote critical thinking and community building by posting in discussion forums purposefully.
Communication Discussion Boards Instructional Strategies Student EngagementPrinciples for Online Teaching
Create effective and meaningful online teaching and learning experiences.
Course Design Instructional Strategies Student EngagementReadiness to Teach Online
Adapt your f2f teaching expertise with online teaching.
Instructional StrategiesSocial Presence
Promote instructors-students and student-to-student interactivity in online courses.
Communication Discussion Boards Instructional Strategies Student EngagementUse of Technology to Enhance Language Teaching
Enhance language teaching and learning with technology
Course Design Sample Tools Student EngagementGetting Students Ready to Review Their Peers
Use peer review as a strategy to provide formative feedback, nurture collaboration, and foster active learning.
Upping your Game
Team Agreement
Start to team work with your team members
Course Enhancement Instructional Strategies Student EngagementTeamwork
Promote collaborative learning with team members
Course Enhancement Instructional Strategies Student EngagementOpen Educational Resources
Customize course materials, improve student satisfaction, and reduce student posts
Course Enhancement Instructional Strategies Sample Tools21st Century Skills and Online Learning
Provide the skills and competencies required to meet the needs of the 21st century workplace
Course Enhancement Instructional StrategiesInformation Literacy
Teach correct use of information
Course Enhancement Instructional StrategiesPolicies & Procedures
Copyright
Identify Copyright best practices and resources
Course Design Instructional StrategiesAccessibility 101
Enhance accessibility in your online courses
Course Design Instructional StrategiesCourse Management Strategies
Manage your online courses and guide online learners effectively
Course Design Instructional StrategiesStrategies for Online Academic Integrity
Prevent plagiarism and secure online instructional materials and assessments
Course Design Instructional StrategiesSyllabus for Online Teaching
Design a syllabus that lists expectations for course delivery, class participation, assignments, and communication.
Course Design Instructional StrategiesPurdue University welcomes your feedback and hopes you will take some time to answer a brief 2 minute survey about PoRTAL.
The development of PoRTAL involves partners from across Purdue University: Teaching and Learning Technologies, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue Online, Purdue Libraries, and the academic program Learning Design and Technology (College of Education), essentially bringing together specialists and their knowledge of online teaching and learning into a single location.
PoRTAL Project Team members
Learning Design and Technology (LDT) Program
- Jennifer C. Richardson, Ph.D.
- Mohan Yang, Ph.D.
- Daniela Castellanos Reyes, Ph.D.
- Shamila Janakiraman, Ph.D.
- Mohammad Shams Ud Duha, MA
- Secil Caskurlu, Ph.D.
- Iryna Ashby, Ph.D.
- Wanju Huang, Ph.D.
- Qian Xu
- Aracely Clemente-Tristan
- Yuequi Weng
Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE)
- Dan Guberman, Ph.D.
- Karen Neubauer, MA
Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT)
- Holly Fiock
Purdue Online
- Chris Martin, MS
- Jim Pukrop, MA
Purdue Libraries
- Wei Zakahrov, Ph.D.
ITaP
- Vivian Huai
For additional assistance for K-12, please visit the GEERs K-12 Project
For questions, comments, or feedback contact the project team at: portal@purdue.edu
