How Can High Quality Faculty Development Improve Online Course Quality? – Facilitated Discussion

This 20-Minute Mentor will cover the benefits of providing high quality professional development opportunities for faculty, what some of these opportunities (or programs) might look like, and ultimately how these opportunities can positively impact the overall quality of online programming.

Review current professional development opportunities and participate in an open discussion on the ideas presented during the video and how those ideas might be able to be implemented at WesternU.

•   Identify faculty barriers for online learning.
•   Examine common topics for professional development.
•   Discuss leading exploration questions to help guide future professional development.