{"id":12400,"date":"2026-02-16T16:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/dev-ot\/?page_id=12400"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:25:46","slug":"fellows-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/dev-ot\/community\/fellows-program\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNY Online Teaching Fellows Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SUNY Online Teaching Fellows Program<\/h1>\n<div>\n<h2>A Community of Practice across SUNY<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SUNY Online Teaching Fellows Program recognizes and supports the leadership that online teaching and learning practitioners already contribute across SUNY and beyond. As a Fellow, you serve as a connector, contributor, and steward of the SUNY Online Teaching Community of Practice\u2014leveraging your expertise to support peers, strengthen quality, and advance equitable online education at scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fellows represent a wide range of experience levels, professional roles, and areas of expertise. When you become a Fellow, you are a member of the SUNY Online Teaching Community of Practice and are eligible to participate in shared community activities such as professional development, events, and online forums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Fellow roles are also eligible to participate in specialized programs, such as the SUNY Online Teaching Mentor Program and the OSCQR Course Reviewer Network, based on experience and role-specific criteria. Participation in mentoring or course reviewing requires Fellow status and alignment with these criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may enter the SUNY Online engagement ecosystem through multiple pathways. In all cases, you are recognized as a SUNY Online Teaching Fellow prior to official participation in mentoring, course reviewing, or other specialized roles and recognitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Fellows Program<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/dev-ot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-07-at-4.30.30-PM.png\" alt=\"graphical representation of Fellows roles\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Fellow Roles and Pathways<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fellows Program includes six Fellow roles, each reflecting different levels of experience and engagement:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friend of SUNY<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested in Online-Enabled Education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experienced Online Practitioner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expert Online Instructional Designer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Teaching Exemplar, Coach &amp; Mentor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Innovator \/ Researcher<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These roles are self-selected and come with shared expectations around participation, learning, and giving back to the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Engagement Opportunities for Fellows<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a SUNY Online Teaching Fellow, you may choose to engage in ways that align with your interests, expertise, and availability, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participating in working groups and initiatives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serving as a mentor or OSCQR course reviewer (role-eligible).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading or co-leading webinars, panels, and Summit sessions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributing to research, pilots, and system-wide projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting peers across campuses through shared expertise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engagement is flexible, self-directed, and designed to support both your professional growth and system-wide capacity building.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>A Living, Evolving Community<\/h3>\n<p><span>The SUNY Online Fellows Program is designed to evolve alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/dev-ot\/community\/\">SUNY Online Teaching Community<\/a> it serves. 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