DLI Spring 2024: Hybrid and Asynchronous Online Teaching

Overview

The theme of the Spring 2024 Digital Learning Institute (DLI) is Hybrid and Asynchronous Online Teaching, where faculty are invited to redesign their courses to support hybrid and asynchronous online learning. Participating faculty will join a series of DLI cohort meetings and work with DTEI instructional designers, as well as a summer graduate student fellow, to complete the course development process.

DLI Faculty Participants and Courses

Nominated by their academic schools, the following eight faculty are invited to join the Spring 2024 Digital Learning Institute.

Michael Dessen

Professor, Music

Fundamentals of Music

MUSIC 25 | 4 Units

Gain comprehensive insight into the fundamental concepts of music theory, including notation, harmony, and score analysis. Designed for students of all levels to improve their understanding of how music is composed, performed, and heard.

Corina Espinoza

Continuing Lecturer,
Social Policy and Public Service

Social Policy and Public Service

SPPP/SOC SCI 40 | 4 Units

An introduction to the basic theories and principles of public policy. Students examine various influences on the development of public policy and the principle actors in the process, and learn to identify tools and techniques employed in policy making.

Jutta Heckhausen

Distinguished Professor,
Psychological Science

Theories of Motivation

PSYCH 121M | 4 Units

Factors affecting the behavioral performance of organisms. A survey of theoretical and empirical approaches to the physiological, psychological, and social factors which generate behavior.

Eric Lindsay

Lecturer, Music

Fundamentals of Music

MUSIC 25 | 4 Units

Gain comprehensive insight into the fundamental concepts of music theory, including notation, harmony, and score analysis. Designed for students of all levels to improve their understanding of how music is composed, performed, and heard.

Nancy Rodriguez

Professor, Criminology,
Law & Society

Juvenile Delinquency

PSCI 193B | 4 Units

Patterns of delinquent behavior, theories that explain behavior, current research aimed at enhancing exploratory power. Attempts to prevent and control delinquency are put in historical perspective. Development of the current juvenile justice system and evolution of modern juvenile law.

Ilona Yim

Professor,
Psychological Science

Human Stress

PSCI 137H | 4 Units

Stress as a multidisciplinary topic. Biological, psychological, and sociological approaches to adaptation-related disorders. Effects of acute and chronic stress on emotions, physiology, and behavior. Methods of stress assessment, stress reduction, and intervention.

Weekly Module Topics

Date	Module Topic
4/8 – 4/19	Scoping your course for hybrid and asynchronous online delivery
4/22 – 4/26	Designing a clear learning pathway
4/29 – 5/3	Reimagining the course structure for hybrid delivery
5/6 – 5/10	Instructor’s presence and student engagement
5/13 – 5/17	Equitable assessment design and the grading system
5/20 – 5/24	Finalizing the Course Design components and Implementing Anteater Virtues in the curriculum