About SIRIUS

SIRIUS is a strategic business unit of Florida State College at Jacksonville. It reflects the college’s commitment to creative, interactive learning and excellent teaching.

Three major initiatives are included under the SIRIUS enterprise:  

• Development of highly creative, interactive, low-cost courses and instructional materials which can be delivered in all modes—face-to-face, hybrid/blended, and fully online 

• Faculty development programs, available fully online, to provide interactive experience in pedagogy— applying learning and motivation research and theory to the development and teaching of hybrid/ blended and fully online courses—as well as applications of technology, including the Blackboard Academic Suite

• An electronic instructional design tool (the Instructional Design Assistant or IDA) for faculty use which provides prompts to support the development and delivery of creative, interactive courses (this component of the enterprise is under development)