{"id":3704,"date":"2017-02-08T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/?page_id=3704"},"modified":"2020-06-26T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:31:47","slug":"2017ambassador-spangler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/engage\/ambassadorprogram\/2017ambassador-spangler\/","title":{"rendered":"Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador 2017 &#8211; Fredonia: Susan Spangler"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3705\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/files\/2017\/02\/SSpanglerFredoniaPhoto-e1486583248680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3705\" src=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/files\/2017\/02\/SSpanglerFredoniaPhoto-e1486583248680.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Spangler\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SSpanglerFredoniaPhoto-e1486583248680.jpg 350w, https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SSpanglerFredoniaPhoto-e1486583248680-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SSpanglerFredoniaPhoto-e1486583248680-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Spangler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Susan Spangler<\/strong> is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Fredonia State University of New York.\u00a0 Before earning her Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University, she taught secondary English for sixteen years in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Spangler\u2019s teaching interests include English Adolescence Education, grammar, writing, and graphic literature, and she has published recent articles on flipped writing assessment.\u00a0 She is currently researching how transparency in teaching and assessment benefits both students and course instructors.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching online began for Dr. Spangler eight years ago when she wanted to offer summer courses in her specialized area of literature.\u00a0 Over the years, her passion for teaching online has grown, so much so that she is pursuing a certificate in Instructional Design from the Online Learning Consortium.\u00a0 She is also an active member of Fredonia\u2019s committee for Open SUNY\u2019s Institutional Readiness process.\u00a0 She hopes to help expand Fredonia\u2019s offerings to Open SUNY and help develop the university\u2019s first fully online program.<\/p>\n<p><em>I see online courses as a natural extension of teaching and learning for today\u2019s tech-savvy students.\u00a0 Students are already proficient in the educational technology tools that I\u2019m using in my courses, and if they\u2019re not, they have the ability to almost instantly become competent users of that technology.\u00a0 If we don\u2019t capitalize on the technology and the modes of communication students use daily, we are missing out on an opportunity to develop the whole student.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Spangler is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Fredonia State University of New York.\u00a0 Before earning her Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University, she taught secondary English for sixteen years in Illinois. 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