Improved course design competence for faculty.

Completion of academy helped faculty improve on course design competence.

The faculty indicated their course design competence improved for online and traditional settings.

The faculty indicated they learned to use new teaching resources.

The faculty learned to use accommodations, accessibility, and universal design.

The faculty learned to employ state of the art active learning techniques.

The faculty reported completion of academy raised their confidence in teaching.

The faculty reported academy enabled them the opportunity to interact with other faculty around teaching/ learning.

The academy helped faculty be able to establish a productive learning environment.

Improved course delivery skills for faculty.

The faculty reported that topics they studied in the academy improved their course delivery skills in traditional and online settings.

The faculty reported that students expressed satisfaction with new pedagogies acquired from the academy.

Course redesign added points on faculty promotion and tenure plans.

Successful participation in the academy added valuable points to faculty members’ tenure and promotion plans.