Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador 2017 – Brockport: Pam Haibach-Beach

Pam Haibach-Beach, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies, and Physical Education. She has been the Facilitator for Online and Blended Learning Faculty Learning Community (2009-2010), and is currently the co-facilitator for Online Refresh Faculty Learning Community (2016-2017).   In 2009, she was part of a campus-wide online curriculum committee and as part of such, attended a conference on online and hybrid teaching in Atlanta. She has taught online courses since 2007 during the summer sessions. She has also taught hybrid courses during the regular semesters as well as during the summer sessions. She is currently chairing effective online teaching ad hoc committee for her department. She also presents on teaching online and hybrid courses at a variety of research and teaching conferences.

Online teaching is ever evolving. In 2007, when I began teaching an online course, I was the first to teach an undergraduate online course in my department and now there are many online courses. Over the past decade, there has been huge growth in the number of online offerings nationwide. It is important for online instructors to understand the different needs of online learners and how to most effectively instruct them.