Multi-Modal Teaching & Learning

At this site you will find resources to help you prepare to teach during the COVID-19 era, when there are restrictions on classroom gatherings, more remote teaching and learning, and the possibility that for extended periods during a semester, the campus is unavailable for academics.

This resource includes guidelines and ideas for designing Multi-Modal Courses (MMCs) that are based online but include on-campus classroom meetings as spaces and events for interactive learning. Because MMCs rely on the internet for course content, procedures and some activities, you'll find methods for employing various web-based tools and resources for supplying course content, communication and assessment. Lastly, a broad range of additional resources, including workshops, consultation with COLI staff or fellow faculty, and sources on pedagogy are available, too.

As a member of the Canisius faculty, you are the expert in your field's mutually-supporting scholarship and pedagogy. The material on these pages are guidelines to help you plan, informed by professional communities focused in higher education, as well as feedback from Canisius faculty and students. As with all of your coursework in any modality at any time, academic freedom and intellectual property mean that you have the ultimate responsibility for the delivery of your course content integrating your pedagogical aims, discipline specific best practices, and the needs of your students.