As online learning courses continue to grow, the need for quality standards has become critical. CLU utilizes Quality Matters (QM) standards to guide the course design process. Quality Matters (QM) is ...

For every pilot flying an aircraft today, there is an instructor who made it happen. Teaching someone to fly an aircraft involves multiple layers of skill and ability, psychological intuition, courage ...

To provide guidance in designing fully online courses, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has developed an Online Course Design Checklist (OCDC). This tool draws on learning-science research ...

Have you or your program conducted and completed the analysis steps? Then, you are ready to begin the Backwards Design process for creating your course and developing learning goals, objectives, and ...

Golf’s youth movement is alive and well, spurring both the elite professional ranks and the growth of grassroots programs. It is even seeping into course design. As a case in point, consider ...

Arthur Hills, the noted golf course architect who built more than 200 courses touching nearly every segment of the golf market, died Tuesday in Florida at age 91. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Hills first ...

Pete Dye, one of golf’s most well-known architects, died Thursday, according to a statement put out by his family. He was 94. Dye designed numerous golf courses during a career that began in 1959 ...

Beau Welling first met Pete Dye in a swampy area of Kiawah Island, S.C. The World Golf Hall of Fame architect yelled at him. Welling said there might have been some choice language involved. That ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Each May, the CTL hosts a three-day, hands-on Course Design Workshop for faculty. Participants explore key instructional frameworks—including flipped, hybrid, and online formats—and learn to design or ...