Katie Egan

About Katie Egan

Katie started CourseArc in 2015 with Bethany Meyer. A Maryland native, she earned her BA in History and Education and her MA in Instructional Design from UMBC. Katie lives in Fulton, MD with her dog, Casper, and is a proud mom of two daughters now in college. When she isn’t working, she’s most likely at yoga, cheering her girls on from afar, or enjoying a quiet moment listening to a record on vinyl.

Which Strategy Is Better: Frequent Quizzing or End-of-Milestone Quizzing?

Is it better to quiz your students frequently throughout a lesson, or to test them once at the end? The results of multiple studies reveal which approach has been proven to work best.

Quality Control: Best Practices in Online Course Design and Delivery

Here are some best practices to help you integrate quality control standards into your digital course design and delivery.

Comparing Video Hosting, Transcribing, and Captioning Tools

We consider the pros and cons of some of the most popular video hosting, transcribing, and captioning services for online courses.

New CourseArc Features: Bookmarking and Templated Courses!

We're thrilled to release our latest updates to CourseArc! Thanks to our users' feedback, we've rolled out several enhancements that we think you'll love. Bookmarking Managing expectations is a huge factor in student success, and that includes letting them know how far they've come in your course and how long they still have left to go. [...]

2021-07-09T08:54:46-04:00January 10th, 2017|CourseArc, Instructional Design|0 Comments

How Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction Can Make Your Online Courses Better

See how Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction can help instructional designers create courses and training that are optimally designed to meet their learners' needs.

2021-07-09T08:53:18-04:00December 28th, 2016|Instructional Design, Online Learning|2 Comments

Designing Online Courses for Different Learning Preferences

How can instructional designers serve students' different learning preferences while creating standardized courses? Here's one approach that offers the best of both worlds.

2021-07-09T09:22:14-04:00December 21st, 2016|Instructional Design, Online Learning|0 Comments

Why the Best Instructional Designers Make Regular Course Updates

Are you sure your online courses are up-to-date, engaging, and relevant? There are plenty of reasons that educational content gets stale or outdated -- and several tips for avoiding it.

2016-12-13T13:11:23-05:00December 14th, 2016|CourseArc, Instructional Design, Online Learning|0 Comments

How to Measure the Impact of Training on Your Bottom Line

Need to justify your investments in training and education? We show you how to determine if a new learning initiative will deliver a positive Return on Investment (ROI) for your organization.

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