Blend by Design is an online learning system developed by Dr. Katie Linder (Executive Director for Program Development at Kansas State University). Dr. Linder previously visited the PC campus for her work with SoTL by Design and the CTE has run workshops using her book, Blended Course Design Workbook.

Blend by Design is a comprehensive self-paced online course about creating and teaching a blended/hybrid course (combination of face-to-face and online classes). In Blend by Design, you’ll receive guidance on writing course goals and learning objectives, designing engaging learning activities, creating effective assessments, mapping your course to ensure alignment across all elements, and creating a supportive and welcoming space for your students, all specific to the blended course environment. More information about the course is provided below.

Creating an Account:

Open a browser to this address: https://bit.ly/BlendByDesign
Please enter your Providence email address in the email box.
Enter providence100in the promo code box. (Shortly after you enter this code, the payment information will disappear.)
Click on Order Now to create your account.

Course Details:

Each faculty member will have lifetime access to this online course. The course includes:

Seven content modules aligned with four course goals and 24 learning objectives
Approximately three hours of video content spread over 100+ video lessons
Complete transcripts for each video (every video is also closed captioned)
Course designtemplates and worksheets
Comment boxes throughout the course so you can ask module-specific questions and see responses to others’ questions
Bonus content in each module such as checklists, topic-specific resources, podcast episodes, open-source readings, and more