Effective Online Teaching Practices Course (ACUE)

In Fall 2020, the Office of the Provost began partnering with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to offer an online course, Effective Online Teaching Practices. This is the first course that leads to a nationally-recognized Certificate in Effective College Instruction endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE)This program was piloted successfully and will continue in 2021-2022 with a new course, Effective Online Teaching Practices. It focuses mainly on online teaching with the opportunity to practice the evidence-based skills taught in online or face-to-face classes. 

Completion of the course can provide evidence of teaching proficiency for various faculty performance assessments. 

The cost of attendance is covered by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, and the Teaching Academy; the course is facilitated by Dr. Michaela Burkardt, ACUE Faculty Fellow. 

"I always open evaluations with a mix of optimism and dread – generally one group thinks I did great, and loved the class, while the other half were frustrated and upset.  This year with ACUE, I had tools to add to all of my ambitions and ideas and it worked great!" 
 
- Frannie Miller, Ag Econ and Ag Business
 
On evaluations students said: "Dr. Miller really allowed students to flourish in their own light. By catering to everyone's unique personal experiences, it allowed the rest of the class to understand a variety of viewpoints." 
and "This course... helped me find my passion and even led me to change my major."
"I've been teaching for 20 years and taken many Teaching Academy events so I would never have imagined how the ACUE course would provide me with so many new ways to improve my classes for my students."
-Andrea Joseph, Criminal Justice
"The ACUE course gives faculty practical tools and proven methods for teaching and building a community of students in the classroom, whether the class is synchronous or asynchronous. I feel less anxiety and more prepared now to teach online courses."
-Alice Poole, English

More Information

Participants complete 25 actively facilitated, asynchronous online modules. These modules feature video demonstrations of online teaching from around the country and interviews with leading experts in higher education. As part of each module, participants select evidence-based practices to implement in their own course(s)—whether online or in the classroom. Participants then write a reflection about successes and challenges they experienced with a weekly due date. The course requires about three hours of work per week. Online work is supplemented with a half dozen in-person (or synchronous Zoom) meetings of the cohort. You can learn about each module of the course here: Effective Online Teaching Practices and about the efficacy of the course here: Efficacy Studies & Reports.

All full- or part-time faculty from all four campuses are eligible to apply; graduate instructors are also eligible, but this website is aimed at faculty—for the graduate instructor application, contact Theresa Remacle at tremacle@nmsu.edu. Because the course extends over two semesters, and requires instructors to apply the principles to their own classes, applicants must receive confirmation from your department head that you will teach both semesters. The size of the cohort will be limited to 30 participants, per the ACUE course pedagogy.
Participants will enjoy a renewed passion for teaching, increased efficiency, and support from other faculty and graduate student instructors who are implementing similar evidence-based strategies. Participants who complete all modules will be awarded the ACE certificate and digital badges, which can be added to your CV, LinkedIn profiles, or webpages. Those who complete the course before mid-April will be recognized at the annual Teaching Academy Gala. 

Application Information

Applications for the 2022-2023 academic year are closed. 

The following faculty completed the ACUE course and have obtained a Certificate in Effective College Instruction, endorsed by the American Council on Education

 

College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

  • John Campbell, Animal and Range Sciences
  • Efren Delgado, Family & Consumer sciences
  • Don Edgar, Agricultural & Extension Education
  • Rachel Gioannini, Plant & Environmental Sciences
  • Merranda Marín, Family & Consumer Sciences
  • Emily Melchior, Animal & Range Sciences
  • Frannie Miller, Agricultural economics & Agricultural Business
  • Betsy Stringam, Hotel, Restaurant, & Tourism Management

College of Arts & Sciences

  • Hyunin Baek, Criminal Justice
  • Michaela Burkardt, Physics
  • Julie Fitzsimmons, Art
  • Elizabeth Horodowich, History
  • Hector Iglesias Pascual, Languages & Linguistics
  • Andrea Joseph, Criminal Justice
  • Kimberly Klorer, English
  • Jim Kroger, Psychology 
  • Mary Lamonica, Journalism & Media Studies
  • Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza, Languages & Linguistics
  • Amy Marion, Biology
  • Ross Marks, Creative Media Institute
  • Teri Orr, Biology
  • Inna Pivkina, Computer Science
  • Alice Poole, English
  • Michèle Shuster, Biology
  • Madeline Strom, Biology
  • Ani Ter-Mkrtchyan, Government
  • Sarah Wheat, Psychology
  • Leora Whiteaker, Psychology
  • Cobe Wilson, Psychology

College of Business

  • Faruk Arslan, Accounting & Information Systems
  • Kimberly Kerr, Finance
  • Shammi Gandhi, Management

College of Engineering

  • Oladayo Bello, Engineering Technology
  • Mona Elshinawy, Engineering Technology 

College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation

  • Christopher Aiken, Kinesiolgoy 
  • Raquel Aranda, Kinesiology 
  • Amanda Barela, Social Work
  • Conni DeBlieck, Nursing
  • Stacy Gheradi, Social Work
  • Randee Greenwald, Nursing
  • Rene Guillaume, Educational Leadership & Administration
  • Michael Kalkbrenner, Counseling & Educational Psychology
  • Bianca Kertson, Public Health Sciences
  • Cheryl Lombardi, Nursing
  • Meg Long, Public Health Sciences
  • Sergio Madrid, Special Education
  • Jason Mallonee, Social Work
  • Patricia McClure, Curriculum & Instruction
  • Shon Meyer, Kinesiology
  • Monica Montoya, Social Work
  • Yvonne Moreno, Curriculum & Instruction
  • Yvette Navarro, Sociology
  • Magdalena Pando, Curriculum & Instruction
  • Jacquelyn Williams, Nursing
  • Ghazal Fakhteh Yavari, Educational Leadership & Administration