Staff Bio

Shannon Riggs currently serves as Associate Vice Provost of Oregon State University’s Division of Educational Ventures. In this role, she supports Oregon State’s land grant mission by providing leadership and direction for course development and learning innovation throughout the division, for both credit and non-credit learners. She directly oversees several units in Ecampus, including the Ecampus Course Development and Training unit, the Ecampus Research Unit, and Ecampus Open Educational Resources.

Since coming to Ecampus in 2011, Shannon has served as an instructional designer, as Director of the Ecampus Course Development and Training unit, and on the University’s Faculty Senate and several of its subcommittees. Active nationally in the field of online and continuing education, she regularly presents at conferences and has written for publication about online course development, faculty development, leadership and innovation. She is currently serving a three-year elected position for the Quality Matters Instructional Design Association leadership team.

Shannon earned her B.A. in English at Oregon State University, and her M.A. in Professional Writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.