Special Programs

Special programs courses are unique from academic courses found in the UCF Graduate and Undergraduate Catalogs. Special Programs are non-academic, non-credit courses in Webcourses@UCF created for the purpose of providing professional development, academic support, and online orientation for UCF faculty, staff, and students.

Special Programs @ CDL

The Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) is in charge of the Special Programs. CDL consists of a professional team of Instruction Developers at iDev that assists with professional development initiatives; helping course creators in creating new special programs, updating existing special programs, assisting with auto-enrollment set up, and other technical issues related to Special Programs Webcourses.

Special Programs Services

Develop New Courses
Manage Existing Courses
Consultation/Technical Support

Special Programs Team:

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Beth Nettles, Ph.D. EdTech

DIRECTOR, LEARNING CONTENT PRODUCTION

Dr. Nettles has functional oversite of the Instructional Development (iDev), CDL Graphics, and Video@CDL teams at the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL).

Beth has taught for twenty-plus years and created several professional development resources designed specifically for faculty teaching online courses and managed the Teaching with Lecture Capture (TLC) courses. She oversees and supports UCF with special programs.

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Nafije Prishtina, M.S. IDS

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST II

Nafije is an Instructional Developer who joined the iDev team in 2021. She manages the creation, enrollment, and supports the Special Programs for UCF.

She facilitates the Webcourses@UCF for Special Programs training, and shares course design tips, and AI techniques via The Special Newsletter.