Purdue University Online is now taking applications for the Spring 2023 session of CoPILOT: Cohort Program for Innovation and Leadership in Online Teaching, which provides expert assistance and funding to participating instructors in developing new online courses.
The goal of the program is to enable Purdue West Lafayette instructors to both develop and deliver best-in-class online courses in a scalable, collaborative, community environment. By the end of the program, instructor participants will have a ready-to-teach, accessible online course in Brightspace using research-backed pedagogy.
The program will meet weekly in 60-minute online synchronous sessions beginning the first week of the Spring 2023 semester and ending the week before finals.
Departments will receive a stipend for completed design milestones and instructors will receive expert support from Purdue Online instructional designers and video producers.
Participants will be expected to complete tasks and assignments prior to the course meetings and to plan for at least five hours a week of work outside the meetings.
CoPILOT creates cohorts of Purdue faculty in which participants, both individually and collaboratively, enhance their understanding and ability to:
Purdue West Lafayette Instructors for online courses may submit an electronic application to join the semester-long instructor development program. Applications are being accepted through November 28, 2022.
Please notify your college administrative lead if you are interested in applying. Further details are available on the application process page. For more information on the program, contact Yingzhuo Quan, the program manager, at quan0@purdue.edu.
Writer: Greg Kline, Purdue Online, 765-426-8545, gkline@purdue.edu.