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The purpose of this newsletter is to support faculty teaching online courses by providing news and information of interest to the UCF community, relevant research regarding Web-based teaching and learning, and useful resources for integrating best practices for effective instruction. While the newsletter is managed by the Center for Distributed Learning, the CDWS Instructional Design team and other units within the division of Information Technologies and Resources contribute significantly to the planning and development of this publication.

The content of each newsletter is organized into the following primary categories:
Announcements: News items to keep colleagues informed of faculty accomplishments, administrative changes, system upgrades, and bulletins from the UCF campuses and beyond
Instructional Designer Tips: Advice from the Instructional Design team for efficiently managing course components, integrating new learning tools, ensuring student mastery of course content, and other tips for enhancing online instruction
Faculty Support Events: Conferences, seminars, workshops and other professional development opportunities sponsored by UCF, regional, and national organizations
Teaching and Technology: Articles, guest contributions, references, links, and a variety of information of interest to faculty who teach and develop online courses
Faculty Spotlight: Faculty share innovative uses of emerging technologies, best practices” in online teaching, curriculum development strategies, and other creative applications of pedagogy to improve learning outcomes

Visitors can search the newsletter archives by category of interest or by keyword. The Useful Linkspage contains a variety of online resources for further exploration.

Please send your comments, contributions, and ideas for future newsletter content to Lori A. Allison, Center for Distributed Learning, lallison@mail.ucf.edu.