Explore professional development opportunities designed to enhance teaching and learning through workshops, training sessions, conferences, and hands-on learning experiences. Topics include instructional design, multimedia creation, artificial intelligence, online teaching strategies, accessibility, educational technology, and other emerging trends in digital learning.

Online Instructor Credentials As of Fall 2026, the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) is introducing streamlined teaching and design credentials for all online and blended course modalities. Design, Develop, and Deliver (3D) The 3D credential allows instructors to develop and teach in online and blended modalities. Recertification is required every five years. Program Options IDL6543, …

The Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) presents Yellowdig, an online discussion board.

Research has demonstrated the potential of adaptive learning to reduce dropout rates, improve learning outcomes, and expedite students’ learning journal to achieve their educational goals faster (Imhof, Bergamin, & McGarrity, 2020), especially when it is combined with a complete course redesign (Brown, et al., 2020). At the University of Central Florida, personalized adaptive learning (PAL) …

PAL5000 is a faculty training course focusing on teaching with adaptive learning technologies using existing courseware. Based on the selected platform, instructors work with PAL instructional designers and relevant vendor support to complete the course activities. Course Objectives Register for PAL5000 If you are interested in adopting adaptive technologies in your teaching, please contact the …

Kersten Schroeder. Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at UCF. Dr. Schroeder teaches Microbial Metabolism, Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology I, Quantitative Biological Methods, and Methods in Biotechnology. He has developed personal adaptive learning protocols using Acrobatiq in Microbial Metabolism and Quantitative Biological Methods. Recently, he published articles …

The Center for Distributed Learning has a dedicated team of instructional designers who specialize in supporting faculty interested in Open Education.   This team empowers faculty to  Learn more through a short course adapted by our team, just for you. Introduction to Open Education Open Educational Resources (OER) Tools for Open Content Creation Use the following tools to kickstart your content authoring experience. (Note: Click on the image/s below …