Zero to Sixty Plus in 108 Days: Launching a Central Elearning Unit and Its First Faculty Development Program

Monica Orozco; James K Fowlkes; Page Jerzak; Ann Musgrove

doi:10.24059/olj.v16i2.255

Online Learning (Mar 2012)

Zero to Sixty Plus in 108 Days: Launching a Central Elearning Unit and Its First Faculty Development Program

Monica Orozco,
James K Fowlkes,
Page Jerzak,
Ann Musgrove

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Monica Orozco: Florida Atlantic University
James K Fowlkes: Florida Atlantic University
Page Jerzak: Florida Atlantic University Page Jerzak is Coordinator of Educational / Training Programs and an instructional designer with the new Center for eLearning at Florida Atlantic University. She has a Master’s Degree in Psychology and has completed doctoral work in Social Psychology. She served as a full-time university instructor for seven years before becoming an instructional designer. She has also served as a statistician and researcher for her own and others' work—producing two publications and twelve conference presentations. She has attended national conferences on assessment, and often works with assessment issues in higher education. She helped create the curriculum for the EDFC Program and facilitates it with the help of her fellow instructional designers. They are currently developing new training programs for administrators, course facilitators / teaching assistants, and students which are based on the EDFC program. She enjoys consulting with faculty and sharing her enthusiasm for creating and researching innovative instruction, curriculum, and assessment. Ann Musgrove is Coordinator of Educational / Training Programs and an instructional designer with the Center for eLearning at Florida Atlantic University. Ann's Doctorate and Master's degrees are both from FAU's College of Education where she has served as a graduate assistant, visiting professor, full-time instructor for the Digital Teaching Academy Program, and currently holds Associate Graduate Faculty status. She has a course nationally certified by the Quality Matters program. Her research interests include best practices in online learning and cognitive styles. She is part of the team that developed the curriculum and facilitates the EDFC program. Ann has taught and developed 10 other undergraduate and graduate education courses and enjoys working with faculty to create quality learning environments for our students.
Ann Musgrove: Florida Atlantic University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v16i2.255
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 2

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The Center for eLearning was established at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as a result of a university-wide task force. A brief overview of the center’s start-up activity is followed by a thorough report of the first faculty development program created and implemented. The structure of the program is described, and data are provided showing evidence of faculty improvement and positive ratings for the program. Conclusions about the program and modifications for its second iteration are included.

Published in Online Learning

ISSN: 2472-5749 (Print); 2472-5730 (Online)
Publisher: Online Learning Consortium
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Education: Theory and practice of education
Website: https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org

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