{"id":3664,"date":"2017-02-07T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/?page_id=3664"},"modified":"2020-06-26T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:31:47","slug":"2017ambassador-oconnell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/engage\/ambassadorprogram\/2017ambassador-oconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador 2017 &#8211; Dutchess: Kathleen Hanlon O\u2019Connell"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3665\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/files\/2017\/02\/KOConnell_photo-e1486501134438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3665\" src=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/files\/2017\/02\/KOConnell_photo-e1486501134438.jpg\" alt=\"Kathleen Hanlon O'Connell\" width=\"349\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/KOConnell_photo-e1486501134438.jpg 349w, https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/KOConnell_photo-e1486501134438-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/KOConnell_photo-e1486501134438-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathleen Hanlon O&#8217;Connell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dr. Kathleen Hanlon O\u2019Connell <\/strong>has been teaching at Dutchess Community College (DCC) since spring of 2008. She started her career at DCC as an adjunct professor in the health, physical education, athletics and dance department, and is now a full time Assistant Professor in the Behavioral Sciences Department, teaching health education courses. Dr. O\u2019Connell received her doctorate in the spring of 2014 in Higher Education Leadership.\u00a0 Additionally, Dr. O\u2019Connell earned the SUNY Chancellor\u2019s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009,\u00a0 Dr. O\u2019Connell was instrumental in the development of the Dutchess Community College Quality Matters Online Teaching Peer Review Team and continues to be involved in these efforts. The Quality Matters team of faculty at DCC work to improve the quality of online offerings through a voluntary peer evaluation process. Additionally, Dr. O\u2019Connell received certification as a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>At Dutchess Community College, Dr. O\u2019Connell has been a supporter and advocate for online teaching best practices, and joined the Blackboard Migration team to assist and support as a faculty member during the transition from ANGEL to Blackboard in 2015-16. Future plans for Dr. O\u2019Connell include further development of the health education offerings to include online or hybrid sections for Women\u2019s Health Issues (HED 125), Human Sexuality (HED 224), Stress Management (HED 201), and Health and Aging (HED 203).<\/p>\n<p><em>I am truly honored to be an online educator at Dutchess Community College. I really enjoy the challenges of online teaching and recognize the importance of ongoing best practices education for all online faculty. I am particularly fascinated in finding better ways to make online learning more effective and fun for students. I have made it my mission to improve my course delivery and hope to take online learning to another level over the next several years. Many students are fearful of online learning and I hope to change that with an increase in online hybrid courses in the Behavioral Sciences Department. I am so proud to be part of this initiative, and just love online teaching. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kathleen Hanlon O\u2019Connell has been teaching at Dutchess Community College (DCC) since spring of 2008. She started her career at DCC as an adjunct professor in the health, physical education, athletics and dance department, and is now a full time Assistant Professor in the Behavioral Sciences Department, teaching health education courses. 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