Friday June 4, 15:00 to 17:00
There is no charge for OLKC conference attendees
The College of Business Administration at Northeastern University launched its highly successful online graduate programs three years ago, partnering with Embanet Knowledge Group, a leading service provider in the online learning industry. Embanet hosts our learning management system, provides instructional design consultation to our faculty, performs initial admissions counseling, handles first-line student services, and executes our marketing plan. Northeastern provides the faculty, content, final admissions decisions, and the degree. In this short time, we have grown our online graduate programs to over 1000 students, larger than all of our traditional on-campus graduate programs combined.
Embanet will be conducting a two-hour workshop on online education, Friday June 4, from 15:00 to 17:00. There is no charge for OLKC conference attendees. This workshop will explore best practices in the use of technology in graduate education, from recruiting students to creating an engaging learning environment. It will address the full range of learning contexts from traditional residential graduate programs to fully online programs, examining the unique challenges and the emerging technologies available to universities today. Come and hear about how to create a successful online presence for your college or university. You will have an opportunity to engage in a lively discussion about online learning and have any of your questions addressed.
While there is no charge to attend, we do ask that you register for this event. If you are planning to attend, please send an email to olkc2010@neu.edu and put “Embanet Workshop” in the subject line.
Presenters
Paul Gleason, Senior Vice President of Education Operations, Embanet
Paul Gleason leads the Client Services, Student Services and Course Development teams at Embanet. He received his Masters Degree in Education from Vanderbilt's Peabody College. While pursuing his doctoral studies, Paul served as an instructor with Vanderbilt University's Human and Organizational Development Program teaching organization theory and behavior. He completed his M.A. and B.A at Wheaton College in Illinois. As an authority in learning theory, instructional technology, curriculum design, information technology and academic operations, Paul brings both academic and extensive technology development experience to his role serving Embanet's distinguished Knowledge Partner institutions. Paul has fifteen years of educational leadership experience including serving as the Chief Operating Officer of a university system with more than 17,000 fully online students and six campuses in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Amy Peterson, Vice President of Education Services, Embanet
Amy Peterson is the Vice President of Education Services at Embanet. She holds an M.A. from Loyola University and a B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University. With over ten years of experience in higher education, she oversees Course Development as well as the Student Support and Program Services departments. Prior to joining Embanet, Amy served in several leadership positions in education technology, online course development and higher education online operations. She has collaborated with a large number of colleges and universities to develop and implement education technology strategies and student retention initiatives for online students. In addition, Amy has co-authored three books about social history and culture.
Mike Zack, Executive Faculty Director of Online Graduate Programs (and the OLKC2010 conference chair) and Dee Masiello, Administrative Program Director for Online Learning at Northeastern will also be in attendance to answer questions about their experiences in implementing and managing online education.