Distance Education
Our Mission
The mission of Distance Education at Austin
Peay State University is to empower faculty and students to effectively employ emerging
technologies and research-based teaching practices to facilitate greater access to
high quality and flexible higher education pathways.
Our Vision
To cultivate and inspire innovative teaching and learning in distance education through effective implementation of emerging technologies and research-based teaching practices.
Our Services
Distance Education provides instructional technology and design services. We support faculty and student use of the D2L Brightspace learning management system, Turnitin plagiarism prevention and writing support, online proctoring, Zoom web conferencing, Tutor.com online tutoring, YuJa media management and SmarterMeasure learning readiness assessment. Instructional designers are available to help faculty with course development, course improvement, content curation and accessibility.
Our other services include:
- Distance Education Support Desk (Mon - Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm Central)
- Instructional technology assistance and resources for students and faculty
- Multimedia resources (Camtasia and SnagIt licenses)
- Closed captioning and video streaming services
- Faculty instructional technology and instructional design training
- Quality Matters course reviews
- Quality Matters workshops and professional development
- APSU Online Quality Fundamentals (AOQF) course review program
- Distance Education compliance and regulation