We provide multiple professional development opportunities to support your growth as an online instructor. Using a community of practice (COP) framework, we bring practitioners together across campus to share experiences, learning, and impactful practices.
Ongoing Events
Spring 2025 Professional Development Schedule
Want to explore the fundamentals of online course design, development, and delivery? This semester, we are excited to offer again our series of two-week, facilitated, asynchronous workshops that examine the best practices of online instruction.
ScheduleBrown Bag Fridays
Brown Bag Fridays highlight UT instructional faculty as they share strategies and recommendations for successful online teaching, learning, and assessment.
Schedule & Archived SessionsOnline Learning Community of Practice
The Online Learning Community of Practice (OLCoP) series offers a 45-minute interactive session that unites UT faculty with Digital Learning staff, fostering a collaborative learning environment.
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Digital Learning Faculty Champion Program
The Community of Practice framework shapes our professional development offerings as we aim to promote teamwork and mutual learning among UTK instructors. To advance our goal, we created the Faculty Champion for Digital Learning program. The Faculty Champion for Digital Learning plays a crucial role in helping Digital Learning create stronger bonds and confidence among UTK faculty members, matching our office’s dedication to excellence in online education.
Meet the Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 Faculty Champions
Digital Learning Book Club
Connect with your peers through the passion for reading!
Started in spring 2024, the DL book club sparks thoughtful conversations about inclusive pedagogy, online equity, and community and care related to digital learning. Whether you are a faculty member, staff, or graduate student, you are invited! Each semester, we select a book and discuss its chapters synchronously via Zoom and asynchronously via InScribe. Click here for the schedule.
Testimonials
“You help demystify teaching online in a friendly and supportive manner. You make it accessible and empower students to take on teaching in this new format. Thank you.”
Ivonne Vidal, PhD
“It has been a great experience taking the two training courses, both very helpful, and I look forward to completing the series next semester.”
Jiang (Lucy) Tingao, Department of Math
Schedule a Consultation
More questions? Have another idea? Contact Dr. Igor Akpovo, Manager of Online Professional Development
More questions? Have another idea? Contact:
Dr. Igor Akpovo
Assistant Director of Professional Development
