Online Education Redefined
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You and FAU
An Epic Partnership

Explore Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online

NC-SARA

Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic University is a National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA) participating Institution.

About Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online

Vision

What We Believe

Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online aspires to be an internationally recognized leader in the higher education landscape for its success in utilizing technology and instructional design to increase access and student learning while decreasing instructional costs.

Mission

What We Do

We are committed to increasing access to education, improving student-learning outcomes, and holding constant or reducing instructional costs by effectively utilizing technology in course delivery redesigns.

Strategy

How We Do

Since 2012, Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online has provided professional development and online course building assistance for FAU faculty delivering fully-online courses. Over the past decade, services have expanded to include a variety of incentivized faculty workshops including: Teaching Online Orientation, Flexible Online Teaching Orientation, TA training for assisting faculty in online courses, Teaching Online Pedagogy, and weekly live micro-learning sessions on key topics.

FAU is a Quality Matters (QM) subscribing institution and, as such, Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online supports and incentivizes faculty in developing courses that align with the state’s quality rubric for online delivery of instruction. Faculty engage with Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online instructional designers for the creation of new online courses, preparing for QM certification, one-on-one appointments, and weekly open labs. In keeping with the Â̲èÖ±²¥ Board of Governors’ guidance for online course delivery, Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online provides assistance and incentives for online course updates every 3 years. Â̲èÖ±²¥ Atlantic Online also supports faculty research and grant submissions for the use of digital content for instructional delivery and has won numerous national awards in collaboration with FAU Colleges.