Continuity of Education & Online Learning
Delivering Online Teaching Expertise
Online Learning Support
TIEC, in partnership with the Online Learning Consortium, helps international partners shift to online learning during an unprecedented time for education worldwide.
Review & Evaluation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, educators around the world are being asked to help students continue their studies. Educators are working around the clock to meet the challenge to deliver online instruction. We understand that online teaching represents uncharted and untested grounds for many educators, universities, school districts, Ministries of Education, and countries.
TIEC is proud to offer the expertise of online teaching experts from across our network of Texas universities and partner organizations who have built top-ranked online undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Led by TIEC’s Chief Learning Officer, Heather Farmakis, Ph.D., TIEC’s eLearning Team offers support in several key areas of need including:
Design of high quality and scalable online courses and programs.
Methods and support to ensure the quality of standards in online offerings.
The creation of resources and professional development for faculty members in online teaching.
Consultation and collaboration to address specific concerns like academic honesty, accreditation, policy, and governance for online learning.
TIEC’s eLearning Resource Team

Heather Farmakis, Ph.D.,
Chief Programs & Operations, Texas
International Education
Consortium

George Saltsman, Ed.D.,
Director of Educational Innovation and Digital Learning, Lamar University

Melanie Hart, Ph.D.,
Vice Provost for eLearning and Academic Partnerships, Texas Tech University

Scott Warren, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Learning Technologies and Graduate Coordinator, University of North Texas

Kaye Shelton, Ph.D.,
Professor of Educational Leadership in the Center for Doctoral Studies, College of Education and Human Development, Lamar University.

Jennifer Culver, Ph.D.,
Academic Technology Service Director Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University.
Sharing Texas’ Expertise in Online Learning
TIEC’s online learning and continuity of education consulting fall into several main areas:
- Program Planning Assistance
- Course Mapping
- Program Design Resources (LMS-agnostic)
- Online Student Orientation Prototype
- Course Prototype
- Program Development
- Course Development
- Quality Review
- Resources and Professional Development for Online Teaching
- Policy Development
- Large-scale policy development and implementation support
- Administrator training
- Issue-specific Consulting/Advising
- Accreditation
- Academic honesty
- Policy
- Governance
TIEC is able to customize our offerings and choice of experts based on a client’s individual needs.