http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#discussion http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12554 Karin Kirk 1277253780 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12554 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12555 Aurora Pun 1277256000 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12555 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12560
I offered the first online course at my university in fall of 1998 and more than 5000 students have completed my online course over the past 12 years.

The vast majority of my teaching during the academic year (7 out of 8 classes) is online and I also teach multiple sections of my online oceanography concurrently in the winter intersession and summer sessions, as well as in special sessions during the academic year.

I am migrating my courses for majors (Tectonics, Geophysics, and Marine Geology) into a hybrid format, consisting of one class meeting each week and one web-based exercise, usually video lecture podcast, web-based research experience or electronic discussion. This August I will teach a course in a new fully online Global Studies degree program offered through several CSU campuses through an accelerated special session.]]> Donald Reed 1277269980 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12560 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12563 Sheila Roberts 1277304240 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12563 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12564 Mel Huff 1277304900 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12564 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12567
I am the lead faculty member for our M.Ed. in Earth Sciences program so I teach a few of the courses, recruit the other faculty who have developed and taught other courses, and so far I advise all the students. Advising students from a distance is another facet of online education that I am learning as I go along.

I think at this point each department in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State has at least one large enrollment online course for non-majors. That was the goal 5 or so years ago. Now the focus has turned more to the creation of entire programs. There is an entire BA degree in energy and policy that is about to roll out this fall and the whole thing is offered online.]]> Eliza Richardson 1277311680 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12567 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12581
For me personally, this is an opportunity to explore another format for teaching, and to learn new teaching techniques. I'm very excited about the opportunity to engage more non-traditional students as well.]]> Meredith Denton-Hedrick 1277318160 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online2010/discussions/role_online_lea.html#post12581