{"id":1461,"date":"2020-10-07T08:53:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T20:26:45","slug":"faculty-spotlight-james-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/faculty-spotlight-james-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Spotlight: Building a network for student success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"744\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgMNNeI1DEk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s a big team of people at Oregon State that makes it possible for us to deliver classes online and for students to have the support and materials they need to learn.<\/p>\n<p>One of those people is James Howard, the manager of academic materials for the<a href=\"https:\/\/osubeaverstore.com\/\"> OSU Beaver Store<\/a>. Part of his job is to make Oregon State Ecampus course materials easy to access for our students, no matter their location. He\u2019s an award-winning Oregon State Ecampus campus partner, and he\u2019s not the only one at OSU. Ecampus has a network of 1,300+ faculty and staff partners across the entire university landscape. That network stretches from the boundaries of our Corvallis campus to those in Bend and Newport and even to instructors who&#8217;ve moved closer to their research areas.<\/p>\n<p>At Oregon State, we\u2019re focused on high-quality education. Collaborators like James allow us to make sure students are confident at the beginning of each term by ensuring they have the course materials they need on day one. Our Open Educational Resources Unit works with James and OSU faculty to source, adopt, adapt and author openly licensed materials in an effort to lower the cost of quality content for Oregon State students. That unit, along with those faculty partners work make course expenses less of a stress for Oregon State students. Course materials are just the start, though.<\/p>\n<p>We equip our online students with access to an abundance of support options ranging from Ecampus success coaching to university resources like academic and mental health counseling, financial aid consultation and help finding a job after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Because, at Oregon State, student success is our top priority. When you contact us, we\u2019ll answer. You\u2019ll get a person like James Howard on the other end, knowledgeable and eager to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to check out all that Oregon State Ecampus has to offer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"rfi-button\" class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/topics\/\">Learn more today.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>James Howard is an award-winning Oregon State Ecampus campus partner. He is part of a network of folks working to help students both on- and off-campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,9,678,8],"tags":[362,647,30],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-ecampus","category-faculty","category-faculty-and-programs","category-students","tag-no-cost-course-materials","tag-oregon-state-open-educational-resources-unit","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/james-howard-744-478-1.jpg?fit=744%2C478&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-nz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1391,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/2020-ecampus-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":1461,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State faculty, staff earn awards for online learning innovation, engagement","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"May 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"At OSU Ecampus, we partner with nearly 1,000 Oregon State faculty members each year, and we constantly stand\u00a0in awe of their expertise and innovation. 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