{"id":4283,"date":"2018-02-12T09:10:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/?page_id=4283"},"modified":"2020-06-26T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:31:55","slug":"2018ambassadors-silverman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/engage\/ambassadorprogram\/2018ambassadors-silverman\/","title":{"rendered":"Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors 2018 &#8211; Buffalo State: Deborah Silverman"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4284\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4284\" src=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/files\/2018\/02\/Deborah-Silverman-Buffalo-State-350.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Deborah-Silverman-Buffalo-State-350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Deborah-Silverman-Buffalo-State-350-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Deborah-Silverman-Buffalo-State-350-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Silverman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Deborah Silverman<\/strong> is an associate professor of communication and associate chair of the Communication Department at SUNY Buffalo State, where she teaches undergraduate courses in the Public Communication (PR\/Advertising) major and graduate courses in public relations. She also is the faculty advisor to the SUNY Buffalo State chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. She worked as a public relations professional for more than 20 years before joining the SUNY Buffalo State faculty in 2005. She earned her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from SUNY Fredonia and a Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>She serves as the coordinator of the college\u2019s 33 credit-hour M.S. in Public Relations degree, a hybrid program that she developed from an existing four-course public relations sequence in the college\u2019s M.S. in Multidisciplinary Studies degree program. Based on feedback from prospective and current students who desired a completely online master\u2019s program, she successfully led efforts to obtain approval from SUNY and the New York State Education Department for the online M.S. in Public Relations program. It will begin operation in fall 2018, replacing the existing program.<\/p>\n<p>She earned basic and advanced certificates in online course development from SUNY Buffalo State\u2019s RITE (Resources for Information, Technology, and Education) Division, working closely with RITE\u2019s instructional designers on compliance with Open SUNY COTE Quality Review (OSCQR) standards for the online courses as well as branding, in conjunction with College Relations, to provide a uniform \u201clook\u201d to all of the courses in the new online program.<\/p>\n<p><em>I believe that online programs through SUNY provide excellent educational access at an affordable price to students who don\u2019t have time to come to campus for classes due to family obligations or work schedules. Online instruction offers exciting opportunities to connect with these students through technology. I\u2019m also grateful for the support that Buffalo State\u2019s online instructors receive from RITE\u2019s instructional designers as well as the OSCQR standards, which ensure that we are providing a top-quality online educational experience.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deborah Silverman is an associate professor of communication and associate chair of the Communication Department at SUNY Buffalo State, where she teaches undergraduate courses in the Public Communication (PR\/Advertising) major and graduate courses in public relations. 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