Ray Schroeder, associate vice chancellor for online learning and professor emeritus of communication at the University of Illinois at Springfield, will be part of a panel at the second annual meeting of the University Partners for Online Education Strategies (UP Online) on Oct. 30 at University College.
Schroeder is also the founder and director of the national UPCEA Center for Online Leadership and is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in online education. He will share the University and Professional Continuing Education Association’s (UPCEA) Hallmarks of Excellence in Online Leadership.
The purpose of the meeting is to gather area colleagues working in online education to share ideas, address common problems, build a network, and support professional development.
Terry Watson, the disability specialist for Penn State World Campus, will discuss accessibility concerns in online education and provide resources for attendees to use as they move forward with accessible course offerings. Dan Feinberg, the senior instructional designer for Open SUNY, will share an open source tool for the Systematic Review and Refresh for Online Learning to be implemented and modified at participants’ respective institutions. Feinberg serves as project manager and lead instructional designer for many of the Center for Online Teaching Excellence’s faculty support initiatives. He has worked with faculty and administrators from over 40 SUNY schools to help implement quality online course design and development.
Three professors have been named Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows. Part of the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship Program, the Faculty Fellows program was launched this year. Fellows will work in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning…
The Syracuse WorkForce Run was held at Onondaga Lake Parkway Tuesday, bringing together workers from across Central New York for a night of food, fun, fitness and friendly competition among area employers. This year’s event, which raised funds for Ronald…
Oren Lyons Jr. ’58, H’93 and Roy Simmons Jr. ’59, H’14 formed a lifelong friendship that stems from their days starring for the Syracuse University men’s lacrosse team from 1955-58. Recently, Lyons and Simmons were honored with the Alfie Jacques…
Katherine McDonald, professor of public health and senior associate dean for research and administration in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, will join Syracuse University’s Office of Research in a new role as associate vice president…
Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Dean Mark Lodato of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as academic dean representative to the Board of Trustees. In addition, Andrea Rose Persin, assistant dean of budget, finance and administration in the College…
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