Home » Teach Online » Professional Development for Teaching Online » IDL6543 IDL6543 IDL6543 is an award-winning, non-credit course for faculty provided by UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning (CDL). IDL6543 models how to teach online using a combination of seminars, labs, consultations, and web-based instruction and is delivered in an M (mixed) mode. The time commitment for this course is not inconsequential, in that it will require a minimum of 80 clock hours. The purpose of this faculty development course is to help you succeed as you develop and deliver your fully online (W) or mixed mode (M) courses. Webcourses@UCF Training and Essentials of Webcourses@UCF are venues for comprehensive training using the Webcourses@UCF learning management system (LMS). By contrast, IDL6543 addresses broader technology skills, pedagogy, and logistics involved in teaching online at UCF. About the IDL6543 Showcase Participants will be required to present their newly developed online course at the end of each cohort. View the video below to preview how showcase presentations are managed. The video also contains a presentation from a past IDL6543 graduate. Interested in Teaching Online? Start by talking with colleagues already teaching online to gather their perspectives and suggestions. Next, discuss your interest with the chair of your program. If you and your department chair are in agreement, they will place you on the IDL6543 potential participant list for your college. Each college communicates its online priorities to the Center for Distributed Learning. CDL’s administrators will start the initial communication when you are scheduled to participate in IDL6543. From there, CDL’s instructional designers will take over and guide you through the process of developing online courses. Your college will determine whether or not you will receive funding or course release time to participate in IDL6543. Remember, you are required to successfully complete IDL6543 to design and deliver in the online environment using the M or W mode of delivery. If you would like to participate in IDL6543 in an upcoming semester, please start the conversation with your department chair. IDL6543 Schedule Fall 2020 Class Schedule Date Week Location Time Friday, September 4Getting StartedOnline Friday, September 11Week 1Face-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkSeminar: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Friday, September 18Week 2Online Friday, September 25Week 3Online Friday, October 2Week 4Online Friday, October 9Week 5Face-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkSeminar: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Friday, October 16Week 6Online Friday, October 23Week 7Online Friday, October 30Week 8Face-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkSeminar: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Friday, November 6Week 9Online Friday, November 13Week 10 ShowcaseFace-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkShowcase: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Spring 2021 Class Schedule Date Week Location Time Friday, January 29 Getting StartedOnline Friday, February 5Week 1Face-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkSeminar: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Friday, February 12Week 2Online Friday, February 19Week 3Online Friday, February 26Week 4Online Friday, March 5Week 5Face-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkSeminar: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM March 08 - 12Spring Break Friday, March 16Week 6Online Friday, March 26Week 7Online Friday, April 2Week 8Face-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkSeminar: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Friday, April 9Week 9Online Friday, April 16Week 10 ShowcaseFace-to-face Partnership 2, Room 208, in Research ParkShowcase: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM