Online Learning Resources
Resources to Support Your Online Learning Offerings
The Center for Academic Innovation is committed to ensuring academic units have access to resources that help them develop offerings, teach online effectively, and stay connected with up-to-date practices related to online teaching and learning.
Policies and Resources
Online & Hybrid Program Playbook
The Online and Hybrid Program Playbook is a comprehensive resource for academic units as they develop their programs.
Online Teaching
Online Teaching brings together articles, guides, and topics to support instructors in their teaching journey.
Advisory Notes
Explore recent policies and advisories curated by our compliance and policy experts within the course, degree, certificate, and educational tool development space.
Distance Education Disclosures
Learn more about the university’s permissions to operate outside of the state of Michigan and the rights and protections afforded to students based on their location.
Market Research Support
The center may be able to help academic units interested in developing online and hybrid learning experiences conduct market research to support the success of their programs.
Exploring labor market trends, workforce skill needs, and trends in degree programs can help with the development of learning experiences. CAI can provide units with access to Lightcast Analyst to undertake this work.
We have partnered with procurement to arrange master services agreements with leading market research firms, able to assist with program feasibility assessments, and customized primary qualitative and quantitative research.
Contact us to learn more.
Community of Practice
The Online and Hybrid Program Playbook is a comprehensive resource for academic units as they develop their programs. It outlines the program approval process, highlights critical compliance requirements and common issues triggered by distanced learning activities, and connects program stakeholders to different resources across campus that will support the success of their program.
Learning Design Partnerships
At the center, we partner with external service providers to provide the U-M community with learning design services, including instructional design and media design support. Academic units interested in exploring services provided by one of these external service providers should contact us to learn more.
The Center for Academic Innovation has sponsored procurement efforts to establish master services agreements with:
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