The document summarizes the key elements of the SUNY Learning Network's award-winning online faculty development program. The five key elements are: 1) a four-stage faculty development process and seven-step course design process, 2) campus-based support from mentors and administrators, 3) use of a home-grown content management system, 4) systematic evaluation processes, and 5) quality assurance measures like course standards and reviews. The program has helped train over 3,000 faculty across the SUNY system to teach online at scale.

1. 2001 recipient of the Sloan-C Award for Excellence in ALN Faculty Development 5 key elements for success Best Practices in online faculty development from the SUNY Learning Network Alexandra M. Pickett Associate Director Faculty Development & Instructional Design SUNY Learning Network

5. SLN Awards 2000 EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning 2001 Sloan-C award for Excellence in ALN Faculty Development 2002 Sloan-C award for Excellence in Institution-Wide ALN Programming 2003 Sloan-C Award for Excellence in Online Teaching 2006 USDLA 21st Century Best Practice Award - Online Technology - Higher Education

8. SLN Background Research & Publication http://tinyurl.com/69zw4l

9. Yesterday 1994-95 research & development period. Objective : what works? 1995-99 synthesis of models, processes, & procedures, infrastructure, resources, support and services. Objective : will it scale? 1999-05 . . . Full-scale production. Objective : institutionalization, sustainability Where we’ve been…

10. Migration 2006-09 Campus, Course, Faculty, and SLN programmatic migration to ANGEL and new business model. Objective : Will they buy our support and services? What are the benefits of membership? Whom do we serve? Where we are…

15. ! SLN’s 5 key elements What I have learned from working with over 3000 SUNY faculty, from 40+ SUNY institutions, and thousands of students since 1994. Model : Rapid Scale: This required that we develop a consistently applied and thoughtful faculty development process. Support : Large numbers: Successful online courses have effective designs and effective/prepared instructors. = Instructional designers, HD, templates. Approaches : Our philosophy: The pedagogy dog wags the technology tail NOT the other way around. Evaluation : Program evaluation and continuous improvements: Iterate! Best practices: what is working, why, what needs to be improved? Quality : Requires a comprehensive approach to training, support, resources, best practices, exemplars, community of practice, template/standards, formal course review/rubric. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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