Distance Education
The Distance Education Department at Mercy College of Ohio provides leadership and support to the College community in the development of innovative, engaging, and high-quality online learning experiences. The department strives to promote excellence in online instruction through the evaluation of instructional technologies and pedagogies that improve learning outcomes.
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 in online teaching.
- 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 advice, 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 using Canvas.
- Continual monitoring of Canvas courses for quality control and compliance.
The department works closely with the Mercy College Information Technology Department and the Registrar in the administration of the college's learning management system (LMS), Canvas.
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.