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Enhancing Learning with 360° Interactive Experiences 360° interactives offer immersive, real-world environments that engage students in exploratory and experiential learning. Whether it’s a virtual field trip to a historical site, an interactive lab simulation, or a walkthrough of a complex system, these tools allow learners to navigate and interact with content in all directions by…

Integrating UCF STARS into Your Courses STARS (Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship) is UCF Libraries’ institutional repository, offering free access to scholarly creative works by the UCF community. Faculty can enhance their courses by linking to student theses, faculty publications, conference presentations, data sets, open educational resources (OER), and more. Integrating STARS supports…

Expanding Global Learning Through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) UCF’s Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiative supports virtual exchange and blended learning experiences by pairing UCF faculty with international partners. Together, they create shared learning opportunities that help students develop intercultural competence in a globalized academic context. To expand student access to global learning and…

Pilots In January 2021, a charge was put forth by the Executive Director of the Center for Distributed Learning to review and recommend a licensed tool for enhancing online discussions at the University of Central Florida. 9 faculty members from 8 colleges within UCF were recruited to serve on the committee led by Carolyn Massiah…

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 prepared 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.

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Interested in reviewing the quality of your course for student success? With the Quality Initiative, an instructional designer will work with you on reviewing your course.