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How to Get the Most from TOPkit
The Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit (TOPkit) is a comprehensive resource for those who are responsible for faculty development, including those who develop relationships with faculty to ensure quality online or hybrid courses. Although TOPkit is Florida funded, it has an international reach. The site is organized by a three-step process for planning, developing, and evaluating your program, along with supporting resources. We invite you to explore TOPkit's many resources and participate in upcoming events.Plan
Discover planning guidance so that you may assess your institutional faculty development program portfolio, and offer examples of models from other institutions.
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Sort through an array of implementation resources for faculty development. Checklists, rubrics, tools, techniques, strategies, legal considerations to move your efforts forward in program creation and delivery.
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Uncover resources and tips to assess program quality, along with identifying potential data sources available on your campus.
Read MoreAdditional Resources
You might find these additional resources valuable:Meet Our Advisory Board
- Cynthia "Cindy" DeLuca, Ed.D.
- Vice President for Innovative Education
- University of South Florida
- deluca@usf.edu
- Phil Simpson, Ph.D.
- Dean of Arts and Social Sciences
- Eastern Florida Online
- simpsonp@easternflorida.edu
- Wendy Howard, Ed.D.
- Director Pegasus Innovation Lab (iLab)
- University of Central Florida
- wendy.howard@ucf.edu
- Josh Strigle
- Dean, E-learning and Academic Services
- College of Central Florida
- striglej@cf.edu
- John Opper, PH.D.
- Executive Director - Distance Learning & Student Services
- Florida Virtual Campus
- jOpper@flvc.org
- Thomas Cavanagh, Ph.D.
- Vice Provost for Digital Learning
- University of Central Florida
- cavanagh@ucf.edu
- Willie Freeman III, MBA
- Associate Executive Director/Center for Online & Continuing Education
- Florida Atlantic University
- wfreeman@fau.edu
- Page Jerzak
- Assistant Vice President of Academic Technologies and Training
- Santa Fe College
- page.jerzak@sfcollege.edu
- Yunhong "Tom" Tu, Ed.S. (Chair)
- Florida QM System Lead Coordinator/Instructional Designer
- Florida Virtual Campus
- ttu@flvc.org
- Sue A. Bauer
- Senior Instructional Designer (Faculty)
- TOPkit Project Manager
- University of Central Florida
- SueB@ucf.edu
- Amanda Major, Ed.D., CPTD, PMP
- Instructional Designer (Faculty)
- University of Central Florida
- amanda.major@ucf.edu
- Jann Sutton
- Senior Instructional Designer (Faculty)
- University of North Florida
- j.sutton@unf.edu
- Laura Jervis
- Instructional Designer
- Information Technology
- University of Florida
- lbjervis@ufl.edu
- Kevin Corcoran, M.B.A.
- Assistant Vice Provost, Center for Distributed Learning
- University of Central Florida
- kevin.corcoran@ucf.edu
- Katie Profeta
- Director of IRSC Online
- Indian River State College
- kprofeta@irsc.edu
- Maikel Right
- Associate Director of Instructional Learning Technology
- FIU Online Faculty Fellow
- FIU Honors College
- mright@fiu.edu