Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador 2018 – Fredonia: Linda Finn

Linda Finn is an adjunct instructor in the Education Department at SUNY Fredonia. She has been doing online work for the past five years at the university level. Prior to this, she created and used online teaching in her job as Comprehensive Health and Wellness Coordinator for Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES and continues to do so. The online course that she teaches most is Educational Psychology. Linda is a certified Pre-K-6th grade teacher as well as both a School Building and School District Administrator. In addition to teaching online courses at the college, she has also created and continues to teach NYSED approved coaching certification courses.
Like most, I found some challenges with online instruction in the beginning. How was I going to incorporate my sense of humor and “hands on” approach? I do think with time and practice, I have become just as comfortable, if not more comfortable, teaching online. I learned a lot from doing my Master’s degree almost completely online. Each time I create a course, I think back to what supports helped me and what format I found most useful. Along the same lines, I continually ask for student feedback. This is where I have been most educated as far as “best practice.” I think online learning opens a world of opportunity for students and gives us another tool to use in our quest to differentiate instruction. I am fortunate enough to see this opportunity being used at the high school level with much success as well. I love online instruction and look forward to creating and teaching new courses in the future!
2018 Ambassadors

Antoinette Howard

Beth Tauke

Beth Wilson

Betty Hurley

Dale Yerpe

Deborah Silverman

Donna Simiele

Elizabeth Edelson

Erroyl Rolle

Fadi Bou-Abdallah

Gabrielle Russo

George Hurlburt

Heather LaPoint

Irene Hughes

Jason Lee

Jason Lewis

Jason Vickers

Jeff Hung

Jeff Ritter

Jessica Kelly

Jiang Tan

Jie Zhang

Joseph Pilaro

Karen Lillie

Katherine Mitra

Kathleen Valentine

Kerry Evans

Laura Jean Bopp

Lawrence Brittain

Lee Ann Thomas

Linda Finn

Marilyn Curry

Mark Petersen

Maya Greene

Nancy Sheridan

Nancy Tarr

Nicholas Ippoliti

Priya Banerjee

Rita Ward-Slater

Robert Morris

Ryan Rish

Sean Maley

Steven Mezik

Susan Bender

Teresa Burke

Tina Wagle

Todd Blumenthal

Catherine Roche

Thomas Butler
