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Flexible Teaching Toolkit

Flexible Teaching is an approach to course design and delivery that helps students learn and succeed in any mode: face-to-face, online, or hybrid.

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Guides

Choose from one of the guides below to begin developing your flexible course.

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A Guide to Course Design

The course design process involves intentional and deliberate planning in order to create a course that best supports students in any format of delivery.

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A Guide to Course Materials

When teaching in a flexible learning environment, the course materials often need to be rethought and expanded to ensure all students can access.

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A Guide to Course Delivery

Choosing the appropriate technologies for your course can be challenging. It takes time to identify what tools will be most effective and master them.


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Flexible Teaching guides were developed by Duke Learning Innovation and adapted for NIU by the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. They are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Teaching Support

CITL staff are available to answer your teaching questions. Give us a call at 815-753-0595 or email citl@niu.edu for assistance. You can also schedule an appointment with one of our staff.

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Contact Us

Center for Innovative
Teaching and Learning

Phone: 815-753-0595
Email: citl@niu.edu