Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

“best option” to be implemented within the US in the short term considering thecurrent cultural and societal context. For a more detailed discussions of the above-mentionedmodels as well as an overview of education-related faculty development initiatives in the USplease refer to Schaefer2 and Utschig3.Challenges and opportunities in professional education-related faculty developmentImportant opportunities and challenges relating to formal education-related faculty developmenton a large scale are outlined in Utschig and Schaefer4. In this work, questions explored are: Whatmajor opportunities exist regarding moving towards educational professional qualification forUS Higher Education institutions, their faculty and students, industry, and society