{"id":418,"date":"2014-08-16T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T19:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=418"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:26:18","slug":"olc-faculty-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/olc-faculty-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecampus recognized for \u2018outstanding\u2019 faculty development program"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tyler Hansen<\/a><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/a>Aug. 16, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Oregon State University\u00a0Ecampus has been named the recipient\u00a0of\u00a0the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Award for Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching. Ecampus was honored\u00a0\u201cfor delivering a comprehensive, responsive, flexible, and effective faculty development program that helps faculty take their online teaching to the next level,\u201d the awards committee wrote.<\/p>\n

This is one of the most prestigious awards given in the field of online learning. The OLC is the leading professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of online learning worldwide.<\/p>\n

“Faculty development is an important part of what Ecampus is all about \u2013 partnerships, growth, continuous improvement, quality, and innovation,” said Shannon Riggs, the director of the Ecampus course development and training (CDT) team, which runs\u00a0the faculty development program. “We invest a lot of time, resources, and energy into our faculty development program for one reason: It works!”<\/p>\n

Oregon State Ecampus consistently ranks among the nation\u2019s best providers of online education.\u00a0The quarterly Developing an Online Course Workshop and annual Faculty Forum are cornerstones of the Ecampus faculty development program. Ecampus\u00a0collaborates with more than\u00a0600 OSU faculty members,\u00a0who teach more than 1,000 classes online\u00a0in\u00a0nearly\u00a0100 subjects from within 10 academic colleges.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/span> < 1<\/span> minute read<\/span><\/span>By Tyler Hansen Aug. 16, 2014 Oregon State University\u00a0Ecampus has been named the recipient\u00a0of\u00a0the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Award for Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching. Ecampus was honored\u00a0\u201cfor delivering a comprehensive, responsive, flexible, and effective faculty development program that helps faculty take their online teaching to the next level,\u201d the awards committee wrote. … Ecampus recognized for \u2018outstanding\u2019 faculty development program<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[673],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-6K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2686,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/online-psychology-bachelors-program-olc-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":418,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State psychology bachelor\u2019s program wins Online Learning Consortium\u2019s national award for excellence","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"November 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Online degree program earns praise for its quality, innovation and student and faculty satisfaction By earning her psychology bachelor\u2019s degree online from Oregon State University, Kristina Tucker not only set herself on a path to becoming a Ph.D. student, but it also helped her learn how to navigate a personal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All Stories"","block_context":{"text":"All Stories","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/category\/all\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Orange graphic with \"John R. 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