Distance Education and Teaching Resources Department
The Distance Education and Teaching Resources Department at Mercy College of Ohio provides leadership and support to the College community in the development of innovative, engaging, and high-quality learning experiences, on-campus or online. The department strives to promote excellence in teaching through the evaluation of instructional technologies and pedagogies that improve learning outcomes within all types of learning environments.
The department strives to accomplish its goals by:
- Collaborating with academic divisions in the design, development, and evaluation/review of both new and existing online/hybrid courses and programs.
- Educating faculty in innovative teaching strategies based on best practices in distance education.
- Promoting a culture that encourages faculty development, training, and collaboration.
- Making effective use of instructional technologies to develop and deliver engaging content that supports student-centered learning.
- Assisting the Student Success Center by providing online learners with advising, tutoring, writing, counseling, etc., to support student retention efforts through the learning management system, Canvas.
- Supporting the Division of Student Affairs with training and online orientation.
The learning management system (LMS), Canvas, is used to deliver fully online and hybrid courses, and to enhance traditional land-based coursework. All students have access to Canvas and resources on how to use the LMS.
Online classroom instruction is formalized instruction where the instructor presents an educational experience to students, applying any combination of instructional methods. The online, distance education courses require the Internet to deliver instruction either synchronously or asynchronously. However, the use of other media such as video or voice conferencing may be used to supplement the online environment.
System and software requirements can be found on the Mercy College website: https://mercycollege.edu/academics/distance-education/system-software-requirements
Questions regarding distance education or teaching resources should be directed to distanceeducation@mercycollege.edu.