Larry Ragan, Director - Instructional Design and Development - Distance Education - Penn State University

"Dances with Faculty"
Providing faculty the range of support services they need in order to be successful online can present many challenges and rewards. This presentation will take a reflective look at faculty development strategies and offer insights into what works and what doesn't.

According to Larry, director of Instructional Design and Development for the World Campus, “Faculty are the absolute heroes of these programs. Without faculty dedication, we wouldn’t have this kind of success, and I hear from students all the time how much these programs mean to them. To be able to sustain this initiative, faculty must be comfortable teaching in this environment. Ideally, the workload in their online courses must be equal to but not more than the workload of resident instruction.”