A Faculty Fellowship for Faculty Teaching Online

slide1. A Faculty Fellowship for Faculty Teaching Online The Online Teaching Fellows at SUNY Cortland
Katherine Graham & Dakin Burdick, Facilitators<br>
slide2. Introductions Katherine Graham (Economics)
Dakin Burdick (Institute for College Teaching)
Kent Johnson (Anthropology) 
Gregory Phelan (Chemistry)
Katarina Silvestri (Literacy)
Helena Baert (Physical Education)
Shena Salvato (Modern Languages)<br>
slide3. Funding & Purpose SUNY Cortland received SUNY Performance Improvement Funds (PIF) to start the Institute for College Teaching.
One of the key initiatives of the first year was the establishment of the Online Teaching Fellows to enhance online teaching on campus.
The 2019 Online Fellows aimed to build on the work of the 2017 Online Fellows funded by the Provost's Office. The 2017 Fellows began campus work on online instruction; the 2019 Fellows aimed to advance that further.<br>
slide4. Selection of the Fellows Fellows were selected through recommendations by the Deans, who suggested faculty who had taught online for two years or more, and who were known for their technological prowess.<br>
slide5. Format Each fellow agreed to:
Design or redesign an online course for submission to Blackboard’s Exemplary Course Program (ECP), which is an annual review of submitted courses that identifies the best course designs of the year in Blackboard (https://tinyurl.com/y5dpeeku). 
Participate in a Blackboard community page specifically created for the Fellows.
Discuss monthly readings in online discussion forums.
Faculty retained full rights to their course content and were granted a stipend of $750 per semester for two semesters. They also had the opportunity to take week-long workshops from the Online Learning Consortium for free (the ICT had purchased a book of 10 tickets for the workshops, which were all used).<br>
slide6. Elements of the Blackboard Community FALL 2019
Community Building
Exemplary Online Courses
Learning Theories
Course Navigation
Setting Goals
Assessment
Mid-Year Assessment SPRING 2020
Scaffolding
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Learning Differences
Apps for Group Interaction
Videos and Podcasts
Sharing your Plans
ECP Submission ADDITIONAL
Bibliography
Suggested Tools
FAQ for Online Teaching
List of Available OLC Workshops
ICT YouTube Playlists
Questions and Answers<br>
slide7. How the Community Developed Initial readings were largely from Faculty Focus, but the Fellows asked for more rigorous research so the readings were changed to peer-reviewed articles for the rest of the year.
The list of readings grew into a bibliography. Lisa Czirr (Librarian) suggested creating a Zotero database instead, and that led to the creation of the Bibliography of College Teaching (https://tinyurl.com/yyogqrcu), which now has over 2,000 entries.
Course navigation was one of the most important discussions. Some felt that the weekly modules should be detailed on the left hand nav bar; others felt they should be subsumed under content to leave more room for supportive information.<br>
slide8. Leadership by the Fellows Eight Fellows serve as Faculty Champions during the pandemic, helping colleagues make the transition to online teaching.
Six Fellows gave webinars on online teaching to the rest of the campus.
Five submitted courses to Blackboard’s Exemplary Course Program and another eight plan to submit at the end of the fall semester.
Four Fellows serve in the Online Teaching Group, which develops guidance and policy on Online Teaching.
Katarina Silvestri presented in a SUNY-wide webinar on Flipgrid.
Helena Baert administered a survey to all Physical Education students on their learning experiences during the pandemic, which provided rich data that informed campus practice.<br>
slide9. Panel of Fellows Shena Salvato (M.S.Ed., TESOL) has taught in higher education since 2006 (ESL, TESOL), previously working in ELA and special, bilingual and gifted education. 
Kent Johnson (Ph.D., Anthropology, Arizona State University) has taught in higher education for 15 years, with 10 years’ experience in online course design and delivery. 
Gregory Phelan (Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Washington) has a M.Ed. In Curriculum and Instruction and has been teaching using online technologies since 2002. 
Katherine Graham (M.S. Agricultural Economics, Cornell) has taught in the Economics Department at Cortland for over 30 years and began teaching online courses in 2003. 
Katarina Silvestri (Ph.D., Curriculum, Instruction & Science of Learning, University at Buffalo). Her research interests include inquiry learning, positioning theory, online learning, and elementary education. 
Helena Baert (Ph.D., Kinesiology Pedagogy, University of Arkansas) is an associate professor in physical education. Her teaching and research focus on preK-6 physical education, and infusing technology in physical education.<br>
slide10. Contact Information Dakin Burdick, dakin.burdick@cortland.edu 
Gregory Phelan, gregory.phelan@cortland.edu 
Helena Baert, helena.baert@cortland.edu 
Katarina Silvestri, katarina.silvestri@cortland.edu 
Kate Graham, katherine.graham@cortland.edu 
Kent Johnson, kent.johnson@cortland.edu 
Shena Salvato, shena.salvato@cortland.edu<br>