1. Faculty Development for On-line Educators Lawrence C. Ragan, Director Instructional Design and Development Penn State’s World Campus

2. Goals To explain/highlight the role of faculty development within the World Campus Describe faculty development initiatives Q&A

3. Philosophy of Faculty Development Faculty are one of the most critical resources Faculty need new skills/competencies Faculty desire learning opportunities Faculty development must be multi- dimensional

4. History of FC at World Campus Started in 1995 Provided “intro to DE” style programs IDE (AT&T funded project) enabled sponsor of more FD programs Today’s programs--rich assortment of offerings Part of ID&D mission

5. Faculty Development Goals Provide skills in technology and pedagogy Use existing FD University-wide programs Provide varied formats (independent/ cohort, on-line/print, synchronous/ asynchronous, individual/group)

6. Faculty Development Resources 1/4 Grad student position assigned to Faculty Development Annual budget item (separate from ID&D) Access to tech support and ID&D staff

7. On-line FD Design Fac Dev 101-- started in 1998 Goal: provide faculty with “distance student perspective” Cohort-based FD opportunity (instructor lead) Grad student “project” with staff input Initially opened in 1998 to PSU only

8. On-line FD Experience Limited response (3/20) Limited access by faculty Tremendous external interest Revisit our approach

9. Fac Dev 101 (today) Consists of public site with information on –a) authoring content for on-line courses, –b) instructing an on-line course Consist of “private” space for PSU- only dialog

10. Fac Dev 101 http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/facdev101/

11. Most Common Question Would you mind if we use your materials to develop our own version of Fac Dev 101? Of course we’d mind but you are welcome to link to our site.

12. The Faculty Development Bigger Picture

13. Goal of the Online Course Enables the students to reach the learning objectives of the course Supports the teaching process and... is cost efficient and learning effective Enables success for both teacher and student

14. Fac Dev Program Formats (formal) Hands-on workshops Seminar Series DE Links Annual Conference Faculty Thinktank

15. Wish List Fac Dev Strategies “Certify” WC faculty Provide incentives (payment, equipment, etc...) Encourage broader use of web-based resources Construct “Faculty Lounge” as a fac dev resource

16. www.worldcampus.psu.edu Slides: www.personal.psu.edu/lcr1