{"id":87,"date":"2019-09-02T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T13:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demosites.io\/scholar\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:10:32","slug":"08ebc-scholar-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.danielstanford.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3007fd9 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3007fd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"projects\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Study: DOTS Training<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6479e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6479e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-938d340\" data-id=\"938d340\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04d0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d04d0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Background<\/span><\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Recognizing a critical need to expand and improve online learning, DePaul University launched a new training program in 2008 to prepare instructors to design and teach effective online courses. The program, the DePaul Online Teaching Series or &#8220;DOTS,&#8221; would require participants to complete 40 hours of online and in-person training in selective-admission cohorts offered three times each year. Key objectives included:<\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Increase buy-in and model an ideal online learning experience for skeptical faculty who, in many cases, had never taken an online course before.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Increase online course quality and consistency across the university, moving beyond the existing model of online students watching recordings of face-to-face classes.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Increase the number of students taking online courses.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7a34fc\" data-id=\"c7a34fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0412802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0412802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/aqvcek2gpD4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2cb46c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2cb46c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64fa17e\" data-id=\"64fa17e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a5307 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8a5307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px;\">Challenges<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/span>The success of early trainings was mixed, with participant satisfaction ratings swinging dramatically from one group to the next. In 2010, shortly before I took over the design and facilitation of the program, participant satisfaction had dipped to an all-time low of 28% and buy-in from key stakeholders was in jeopardy.<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div><div><b>Solutions<\/b><\/div><div>After analyzing data from past trainings, I identified multiple solutions to improve participant satisfaction and program outcomes.<\/div><div><ul><li><b>Provide more practical guides and templates.<\/b> Participants felt the course placed too much emphasis on long, scholarly readings, so my team and I focused on developing concise tips, reusable examples, short videos, and other practical content while referencing relevant research to maintain credibility.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Increase opportunities for hands-on learning.<\/span>\u00a0Participants needed more time to practice using new technologies and applying new skills, so I restructured online resources and meeting agendas with this in mind.\u00a0<\/li><li><b>Leverage internal expertise. <\/b>I added presentations and discussion panels with past DOTS graduates and current DePaul students to provide participants with key insights. I also increased trainee access to other instructors&#8217; online courses to help them learn by example.<\/li><\/ul><div><div><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Results<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">138% increase in students taking online courses.<\/span>\u00a0Students taking at least one online course at DePaul rose from 13% in 2010 to 31% in 2019.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">88% of trainees have received a perfect score in instructional-design reviews.<\/span>\u00a0Internal committees use a standardized rubric to evaluate training deliverables and nearly all trainees meet or exceed expectations.\u00a0<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Consistently high participant approval.\u00a0<\/span>Overall satisfaction ratings have exceeded 90% since 2012.\u00a0<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Increased stakeholder buy-in.\u00a0<\/span>Demand regularly exceeds available slots for each offering.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Over 800 faculty trained.\u00a0<\/span>From 2008 to 2019, 36 cohorts were offered resulting in 32,000 collective hours of professional development.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">National recognition.<\/span>\u00a0DOTS won the highly competitive Online Learning Consortium Award for Excellence in Faculty Development in 2012.<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/go.depaul.edu\/dots\">go.depaul.edu\/dots<\/a>.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fb222c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fb222c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e272e7\" data-id=\"8e272e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a390d88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a390d88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Featured Projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ceba318 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ceba318\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b34cf4\" data-id=\"8b34cf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1116e6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"1116e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/SeGDET6FNgc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3aa3cb4\" data-id=\"3aa3cb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eb89b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eb89b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\">Teaching Commons<\/h3><p>The DePaul Teaching Commons is an extensive repository of instructional resources accessed by tens of thousands of educators worldwide every month. As Director of Faculty Development and Technology Innovation, I led the design and maintenance of the Teaching Commons site, which includes resources related to teaching with technology, active learning, assessment, and inclusive instruction. The Teaching Commons YouTube channel contains more than 200 videos with practical tips on effective instruction. The video shown here is one in a series created to increase awareness of the unique challenges faced by first-generation students\u2014those who are the first in their families to obtain a college degree.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4127ddc elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4127ddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/teachingcommons.depaul.edu\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">learn MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc832d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"abc832d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-defce27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"defce27\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-416e05b\" data-id=\"416e05b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfaadc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfaadc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"letter-spacing: normal;\">Global Learning Experience (GLE)<\/h3><p>GLE training prepares DePaul University instructors to design and facilitate online collaborations between DePaul students and foreign students at universities abroad. The initiative was recognized with the Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for Campus Internationalization in 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36618b9 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"36618b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/go.depaul.edu\/gle\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">learn MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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In 2023, he established an online community to foster collaboration around use of AI in education. Today, over 3,000 faculty and staff from institutions around the world use this community to collaborate and develop AI resources for educators.<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Daniel currently works as an instructional design consultant based in Atlanta. As a consultant, he&#8217;s supported learning and development initiatives for a variety of clients including:<\/p><ul><li>Federal government agencies in the US and Norway<\/li><li>Community colleges and research universities<\/li><li style=\"background-image: none; font-size: 16px;\">Corporate clients in industries ranging from fintech to retail<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Daniel holds an MFA in Interactive Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. From 2016 to 2021, he served as the Director of Faculty Development and Technology Innovation at DePaul University where he continues to teach courses in UI\/UX design.\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c0e0b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c0e0b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40b1dff\" data-id=\"40b1dff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fe7cc elementor-shape-circle elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"a9fe7cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-487b699\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/dstanford\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-envelope elementor-repeater-item-81855cf\" href=\"mailto:daniel@danielstanford.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Envelope<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating award-winning, high-impact learning experiences since 2003. daniel@danielstanford.com Connect on LinkedIn Case Study: DOTS Training Background Recognizing a critical need to expand and improve online learning, DePaul University launched a new training program in 2008 to prepare instructors to design and teach effective online courses. 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