OSU faculty, staff to receive awards from Ecampus for dedication to student experience
5 minute read The 2022 Ecampus Awards celebrate OSU faculty and staff excellence and commitment to student success through superior online experiences.
College of Education
What is instructional design? An inside look at Oregon State’s online certificate
4 minute read Oregon State is a national leader in developing online courses and programs. And OSU’s expertise is benefiting a new generation of education professionals through its online Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design. It’s a 20-credit, hands-on program that teaches students how to thoughtfully construct material to help guide a student’s learning from start to finish.
7 simple words led ‘Promising’ scholar to hybrid education master’s program
3 minute read Alyssa Fuentez can trace the altered trajectory of her career to a single conversation. Engaged in discussion with an environmental ethics professor, Fuentez became distressed as she wondered how society could curb the enormous issues of climate change. In seven words, her future was rewritten.
Oregon State counseling Ph.D. student earns $20,000 national fellowship award
2 minute read Daniel Cisneros, a student in Oregon State’s Ph.D. in Counseling online program, has been awarded a $20,000 counseling fellowship from the National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation to aid his research efforts and professional work that focus on serving LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented individuals.
Military spouse juggles full-time job, relocation and a family while earning a master’s degree long-distance
3 minute read Robin Webster knew she wanted to earn a master’s degree. But she had a full-time job, is the mother of two daughters, and, as a military spouse, had to move to a new part of the country every couple of years. She found Oregon State University’s Master of Education in Adult and Higher Education (Ed.M.) online degree program.
Oregon State faculty honored for online teaching engagement, innovations
5 minute read The annual Ecampus Awards honor outstanding faculty partners who go the extra mile to develop meaningful and innovative online learning environments for Oregon State’s distance students.
Opportunities in action
4 minute read By Cody Bowie July 26, 2018 If you ask Brenda Contreras what her time at Oregon State has provided her, she’ll answer in one word: opportunities. Opportunities such as scholarships, a chance to teach near her hometown and experience in a dual-language classroom. The Oregon State psychology graduate is now finishing her first year in … Opportunities in action
When it comes to making research actionable, Oregon State Ecampus is leading the charge
3 minute read Oregon State University Ecampus knows that as leaders in the field of higher education, there is a responsibility that comes with it: stay on top of the research. And what better way to do so than by being the ones to conduct the research?
Behind the scenes with Kok-Mun Ng, Counseling Academic Unit program chair
5 minute read Kok-Mun Ng believes that a counselor never stops learning. As the Counseling Academic Unit program chair and a professor of counseling education, he has modeled constant growth for Oregon State students since 2013.
Breaking the mold
4 minute read What if part of your teacher education included an intensive, 2-year residency inside a public school where you co-taught with – and were mentored by – a seasoned teacher from day one? (Think medical school residencies, but in schools instead of hospitals.) A newly-launched, graduate program is doing this, and more.
