The SUNY Learning Network was originally housed at Empire State College (ESC). President Jim Hall and ESC Center for Learning and Technology Director Lowell Roberts had dual roles at ESC and SUNY system and wrote the original Sloan grant with system admin staff Richard Dressner. Sloan grants (there were 3 or 4 of them) totaled 4.1 million dollars. I believe this was their largest cumulative donation ever. Frank Mayadas (and Ralph Gomery) was always a strong supporter and ally to SLN.<\/p>\n
Fall 1996 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>First courses offered via SLN on beta netscape web via Notes\/Domino. Students via web browser\/faculty via Lotus Notes.<\/p>\n Fall 1996 \u2013<\/strong> first online course template implemented designed by Larry Greenberg and Alexandra M. Pickett.<\/p>\n 1996<\/strong> \u2013 Faculty development and course design processes was formalized and implemented for large-scale consistency and quality. Included research-based templates and course quality rubric\/checklists.<\/p>\n 1996 \u2013 the role of the MID – Multimedia Instructional Designer was formally defined. Evolved to Instructional Designer in 2006.<\/p>\n 1994 – Lowell Roberts (Co-PI of the Sloan grant also held the title of Assistant Provost at SUNY System Administration under Jim Hall who was also president of ESC, he had a Vice Chancellor role at SUNY System Administration). Richard Dressner was the System office staff person – also Co-PI)<\/p>\n Rich Dressner was the other PI on the grant from Sys Admin. He was fired.<\/p>\n 1995 – Greg Benson was the next Director and he hired Eric Fredericksen and\u00a0 Tammy Mooney in 1996.<\/p>\n 1996 – 9\/25\/2002- Eric Fredericksen, SLN director<\/p>\n 1998 – 2006\u00a0 Alexandra M. Pickett, SLN Assistant Director<\/p>\n 2002 \u2013 Peter Shea, interim director SLN<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 2005 Peter Shea, director SLN<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 2005 David Porush SLN Executive Director<\/p>\n 2005 Tammy Mooney and Alexandra M. Pickett were briefly interim co-associate directors of SLN. When Peter Shea left for a faculty position in the University at Albany Education Department.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2013 2006 Ken Udas, SLN Director<\/p>\n 2006 –\u00a0 2015 \u2013 Carey Hatch, Interim Director SLN<\/p>\n 2006 – 2015 Alexandra M. Pickett, Associate Director SLN<\/p>\n 2015 – (present)\u00a0 Kim Scalzo, Open SUNY Executive Director, now SUNY Online Executive Director<\/p>\n 2015 – 2018 Alexandra M. Pickett, Director Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence<\/p>\n 2018 – (present) Alexandra M. Pickett, Director, Open SUNY Online Teaching, now Director SUNY Online Teaching<\/p>\n National recognition for research and innovation in online teaching and learning effectiveness, faculty and student satisfaction, faculty development, and online course management system and interface.<\/p>\n 1. In recognition of the exponential growth in online learning, the Sloan ALN Consortium (Sloan-C) granted its first annual awards for excellence in Web-based education. In November 2001<\/strong> the first Sloan-C award for Excellence in ALN Faculty Development<\/b> was given to the SUNY Learning Network, representing the online courses and programs of more than fifty institutions, ranging from community colleges to research universities, in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. At that time the staff of the SUNY Learning Network \u00a0\u00a0provided comprehensive training to a diverse group of faculty that went on to effectively teach online courses that enrolled approximately 25,000 students this that academic year.<\/p>\n 2. The 2002 Sloan-C award for Excellence in Institution-Wide ALN Programming <\/b>was presented to the State University of New York Learning Network (SLN) in November 2002.\u00a0 The primary goal of the SUNY Learning Network is to bring SUNY\u2019s diverse, high-quality instructional programs within the reach of learners everywhere. In the 2001-02 academic year, the SUNY Learning Network enabled more than 40,000 student enrollments in 2,500 online courses. The fifty-five SUNY campuses participating in the SUNY Learning Network now offer fifty-five complete online degree and certificate programs.<\/p>\n 3. In October 2001, The State University of New York’s online learning program, the SUNY Learning Network (SLN), received special recognition from EDUCAUSE, the nation’s leading organization aimed at promoting the intelligent use of information technology. EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association, bestowed its Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning in 2001<\/b> to the SLN, one of the nation’s premier online higher education initiatives.\u00a0 The award recognizes higher education programs and practices that use information technologies to support learner-centered teaching and learning in ways that are “transformative, sustainable, and replicable.”<\/p>\n 4. Sloan-C award in online teaching 2003<\/strong> – William Pelz, Herkimer County Community College. Lead new faculty trainer for SLN.<\/p>\n 5. USDLA 21st Century Best Practice Award – Online Technology – Higher Education 2006<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 6. NUTN Distance Education Innovation Award 2009<\/a> <\/strong>– for the SLN teaching presence survey.<\/p>\n 7. Sloan-C 2010 Effective Practice Award<\/a> –<\/strong> acknowledges SLN for advancing learning, access, scale, and student and faculty satisfaction. <\/b><\/p>\n Link to all SLN, Open SUNY, and SUNY Online awards to date.\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Recognition<\/b><\/p>\n Sloan C Fellows\/ Online Learning Consortium Fellows from SUNY<\/b><\/p>\n Recognition as an OLC Fellow<\/a> is one of unusual professional distinction and is conferred by the OLC Board of Directors upon members of the Online Learning Consortium who have:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The SUNY Learning Network (SLN) –\u00a0 A Little History The SUNY Learning Network was originally housed at Empire State College (ESC). President Jim Hall and ESC Center for Learning and Technology Director Lowell Roberts had dual roles at ESC and SUNY system and wrote the original Sloan grant with system admin staff Richard Dressner. 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\nObjective: institutionalization
\n<\/em><\/em>2000-2001 –<\/strong> SLN hosted the Sloan funded ALN invitation-only Summer workshops at the Sagamore in Lake George.<\/li>\n
\nObjective: sustainability <\/em><\/em>2006- 2009 \u2013<\/strong> Migration from Lotus Notes to ANGEL
\nEstimated 5,000 faculty trained. 10% on SUNY faculty have been through the SLN faculty development process.2009 –<\/strong> in the last month of our migration to ANGEL BB buys ANGEL<\/li>\n
\n2009-2013<\/strong> – Bb contract and migration planning.<\/li>\n
\n2013-2018 –<\/strong> migration to Bb<\/li>\n
\nMigration to D2L\/Brightspace – Digital Learning Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nSLN Leadership:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nSLN Awards<\/b><\/h3>\n
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