From Research to Practice: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Faculty Development Program

Lawrence C. Ragan; Paula Mae Bigatel; Shannon S. Kennan; Janet May Dillon

doi:10.24059/olj.v16i5.305

Online Learning (Sep 2012)

From Research to Practice: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Faculty Development Program

Lawrence C. Ragan,
Paula Mae Bigatel,
Shannon S. Kennan,
Janet May Dillon

Affiliations

Lawrence C. Ragan: Penn State University, World Campus
Paula Mae Bigatel: Penn State University, World Campus
Shannon S. Kennan: Penn State University, College of Communications
Janet May Dillon: Penn State University, University Outreach

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v16i5.305
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 5

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This article describes the design and development of a professional development program based upon research on the competencies necessary for online teaching success [1] conducted at Penn State University in 2009-2010. The article highlights how the results of this research are being aligned with various professional development courses comprising the certificate program for online faculty at Penn State’s World Campus. This article describes the process of research design and implementation to the direct application for professional development.

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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