Flexible Teaching
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.
Guides
Choose from one of the guides below to begin developing your flexible course.
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.
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.
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.
Featured Resources
- Communicating with Students in Times of Uncertainty NEW
- Faculty Tips for Starting the Semester Remotely NEW
- Tips for Starting the Semester with Blackboard
- Recommendations to Increase Student Engagement in Online Courses
- Research-based Online Teaching Principles for Success
- 5 Tips for Moving from Remote Instruction to Quality Online Learning
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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.