Home » Teach Online » Faculty Development and Training Faculty Development and Training At every level of Professional Development, from beginners to advanced, the Center for Distributed Learning offers a variety of services for faculty. Learn the Essentials of Webcourses@UCF at your own pace, or join the award winning IDL6543 for credentialing to teach a fully online or mixed mode course. Want more out of Teaching Online? Keep current with Faculty Seminars geared to making your Webcourses@UCF course a Chuck Dziuban Award winner. Digital Learning Events Calendar 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.Digital Teaching and Design Credentialing 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, … Continue reading "Digital Teaching and Design Credentialing"Essentials of Webcourses@UCF Essentials of Webcourses@UCF is self-paced, just-in-time online training for anyone who wishes to learn the tools and functionality of the university’s learning management system (LMS), Canvas by Instructure.Faculty Multimedia Center Workshops The Faculty Multimedia Center offers both in-person and online interactive workshops and events to assist in better honing your knowledge and expertise for your students.Faculty Seminars in Online Teaching Join us for Faculty Seminars in Online Teaching. These seminars provide a space for collegial dialogue around best practices in online teaching and inspire innovation. Co-presented by the Center for Distributed Learning and UCF teaching faculty, this ongoing series is designed as professional development for online instructors following IDL6543. However, all members of the UCF … Continue reading "Faculty Seminars in Online Teaching"PAL5000 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 … Continue reading "PAL5000"PAL6000 The Center for Distributed Learning’s newest faculty development program for online courses, PAL6000, is now available to IDL6543 graduates or OFRA-certified instructors who wish to design and facilitate an adaptive course using Realizeit at UCF. PAL6000 is designed to provide information related to pedagogical, logistical and technical aspects of teaching adaptive courses.Panopto Essentials Panopto Essentials is training for faculty credentialed to teach online who would like to incorporate some asynchronous content delivery using the online delivery platform, Panopto.Webcourses@UCF Training & Development Webcourses@UCF training workshops are available to all faculty, staff and teaching assistants employed by UCF. Request workshops on using Webcourses@UCF, as well as related tools like Honorlock.Zoom Essentials Zoom Essentials is a self-enroll course intended for experienced online faculty who have already completed IDL6543 or TLC or have completed ADL5000 and have taught for at least three different semesters online. It is a self-paced experience for faculty who want to migrate or build face-to-face/blended course elements of classroom instruction for synchronous remote delivery using Zoom. The time commitment for completion is 2-4 hours.
