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Photo of Harry Barrick IV standing on a bridge outdoors. He is a student in Oregon State's instructional design online certificate.

His goal: Earn an instructional design certificate online to enhance accessibility

3 minute read Harry Barrick IV doesn’t simply want more accessible learning solutions. He wants to help create them. With that passion in mind, he is pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design online with Oregon State University. It’s a one-year program that offers applied skills and knowledge to design, implement and assess educational programs in a multitude of learning environments.

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Earn an economics degree online and learn from real-world economists

3 minute read Oregon State offers an economics bachelor’s degree online through OSU Ecampus, and having Ph.D. instructors like Taylor Rhodes on the faculty is one of the program’s many benefits. It means students learn from faculty who have immense firsthand knowledge of how economics course concepts are applied in the real world.

Student diversity drives learning in economics bachelor’s degree online

3 minute read Meet Michael Jerman, OSU instructor for the online B.A./B.S. in Economics program. Throughout his teaching career, he’s seen trends change and classrooms evolve, but one thing has always rung true. Students learn best from their peers who have different experiences than their own.

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Best in class: Oregon State online chemistry is at the top of its game

6 minute read The Oregon State Department of Chemistry’s early start and ongoing commitment to outstanding teaching, experiential learning and advising have set its online chemistry courses apart. OSU offers some of the highest quality online chemistry courses in the country.

Oregon State Ecampus student Geoff Boldt sits at a table outside. He studies economics online

Oregon State Everywhere: Economics with a real-world impact

3 minute read “As I am actively working in a field that uses my future degree, I am able to apply what I am learning immediately. This helps me understand how relevant the material is and makes the classes that much more interesting.” — Geoff Boldt, Ecampus economics major

A black football helmet and a white football helmet, each bearing the logo for the Canadian Football League Players' Association, rest on a table. The CFLPA and Oregon State formed a collaboration to help professional football players earn their degrees online.

Canadian Football League Players’ Association taps Oregon State as its exclusive U.S. provider of online education

3 minute read Oregon State University and the Canadian Football League Players’ Association have announced a collaboration that provides CFLPA members access to the university’s top-ranked online education with support from a tuition benefit program. The agreement gives hundreds of active CFL players the opportunity to advance their education in one of more than 80 degree and certificate programs delivered online by OSU Ecampus.

A man sits at a desk, typing on a laptop with computer code on the screen. Oregon State cybersecurity online

A look inside Oregon State’s cybersecurity online certificate

2 minute read The exponential rise of technology across industries has produced incredible innovations worldwide. It has also paved the way for new and nefarious means of cybercrime. Now more than ever, cybersecurity professionals are needed. Learn more about Oregon State’s online Undergraduate Certificate in Cybersecurity.

Oregon State University Ecampus Master of Public Health student Erin Devlin sits on a lakeshore with her daughter, Molly

Oregon State Everywhere: ‘I am so grateful to have taken this path’

2 minute read “If it weren’t for the online program at Oregon State Ecampus, I would not have had the chance to get the Master of Public Health. I wouldn’t have complemented my work in OSU Extension Family and Community Health with classes that taught me the science behind program decisions. And I wouldn’t have met people around the world with similar passions through those classes.” — Erin Devlin, public health online master’s student

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Why continue to teach online? Interview results from experienced online instructors

6 minute read Since Oregon State has been offering online education for more than 20 years, our the OSU Ecampus Research Unit decided to conduct a qualitative study where we interviewed faculty from diverse disciplines who had been teaching online for 10 years or more. The interviews asked a series of questions about instructors’ perspectives and experiences teaching online, as well as lessons learned over time.