Based on the individual needs of each client, TIEC’s team of experts is comprised of faculty from our consortium of 31 Texas universities and industry-recognized professionals. After assessing the needs of our international partners, TIEC collaborates with faculty members, instructional designers, and distance learning teams at our partner universities to design and develop high quality and scalable online courses and programs. For each of our international partners, our goal is to assist and support faculty to successfully and seamlessly transition to a technology-based delivery of instruction. TIEC’s team also provides ongoing professional development opportunities to ensure the sustained and iterative improvement of courses. Incorporating research-based best practices from Quality Matters and the Online Learning Consortium, TIEC’s eLearning team can support the policy changes, administrative, and faculty needs that are necessary to help education institutions successfully transition to an online learning environment. TIEC assists with program-level course planning and program design, development, and review. Our approach provides faculty with practical knowledge on the latest applications and learning technologies that enrich online course delivery, learning success, and student engagement. As a result, faculty members experience flexible, tailored and personal support as they transition to online instruction.

TIEC’s eLearning team is comprised of Quality Matters-trained and industry-recognized experts with extensive experience in online teaching and curriculum design and development. Our team members bring expert knowledge of web-based learning technologies, pedagogy and are committed to ensuring that all online offerings meet the highest quality of standards. Along with remote learning, TIEC’s team includes experts in policy development and hands-on experience advising administrations to navigate, scale, and implement policy changes.

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.