Online faculty consultations have the power to foster, model, and generate effective online education practices. They can exemplify the best aspects of online education; build relationships among faculty, designers, and technologists; and create community between institutional teams (IT, librarians, faculty development, instructional design, and program administration).
How can virtual faculty consultations foster, model, and generate effective online education practices? Many institutions have established consultation programs that allow faculty to meet one-on-one with instructional designers, faculty development and support professionals, and multimedia specialists to facilitate successful course design and delivery. No matter the course modality, these sessions often take place on campus, face-to-face. The session leaders, who are two online education specialists, will present their experiences developing and running fully-virtual faculty consultation programs at universities. They will show how virtual consultations, held via web conference, can promote online learning best practices and demonstrate the promise and benefits of online education to gain faculty buy-in.
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