Project Portolio

At the Center for Distributed Learning, one of our goals is to investigate avenues that create more effective online teaching and learning environments at UCF. To that end, the Pegasus Innovation Lab (iLab) is assisting faculty and staff in exploring the online discussion tool, Yellowdig, through a summer and fall pilot. Yellowdig is built on…

The winner of the 2022 Quality Impact Award is Dr. Shelly Wyatt. Since 2017, Dr. Wyatt has facilitated 49 Quality and/or High Quality designations (an average of 10 reviews per year).

The winner of the inaugural 2021 Quality Impact Award is Ashley Salter. Ashley provided an exemplary submission and has conducted over 30 Quality and/or High Quality reviews and designations.

The UCF Quality Taskforce sought for ways to exemplify the hard work put forth by the Instructional Design team at the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) in regards to their tasks, relations, and contributions related to quality. Annually awarded to one assistant, associate, and/or senior instructional designer (ID) for their significant impact in UCF’s Quality Initiative, the purpose of the Instructional Designer Quality Impact Award is to recognize the efforts and impact the ID has had on UCF faculty, students, and the Quality Initiative.

Hosted by the Faculty Multimedia Center (FMC) and the Pegasus Innovation Lab (iLab), the goal of the AR VR Innovation Discovery (AVID) event is to create a community of practice for individuals to learn about technology, share projects and innovative ideas, and create a network of individuals interested in pursuing technological practices in education. These…

The UCF AIM High event recognizes faculty and staff across UCF who have made an effort to keep their required course materials affordable for students. AIM High is a result of UCF’s Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM) Initiative – a program designed to generate cost savings for students by way of First Day® (inclusive access) through…

The COVID-19 pandemic caused higher ed institutions to quickly pivot from face-to-face learning to remote learning within a matter of weeks. This was no small task for universities and colleges, as many did not have the infrastructure in place to handle such a change. Some were more prepare for the switch due to faculty development…

Moving classes online during the quick pivot to remote instruction due to COVID-19 in March of 2020 had its challenges and hurdles. Most were handled by posting course content and resources into Webcourses@UCF. But what about software needed for courses that is only available on UCF campus lab computers? How did students gain access to…

Given the rush to remote instruction due to COVID-19, many colleges have been required to turn to alternative resources to supplement instruction and activities normally carried out in person and/or on campus. The Pegasus Innovation Lab (iLab) was tasked to assemble a Virtual Labs Taskforce to support the UCF colleges and departments that are in…

The Center for Distributed Learning virtually hosted Angelica Gabriela Rocha Guevera, the Director of Educational Innovation and Technology at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.