by Patrick R. Lowenthal, Joanna C. Dunlap, Rob Nyland, and Eulho Jung
Patrick R. Lowenthal is a Professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University. He specializes in designing and developing online learning environments. His research focuses on how people communicate using emerging technologies with a specific focus on issues of presence, identity, and community–in online learning environments.
Joanna C. Dunlap is a Professor of Learning Design and Technology at the University of Colorado Denver. Her teaching and research interests focus on the use of sociocultural approaches to enhance students’ learning and experience, learner-centered instructional design, online and blended teaching and learning, and faculty development and professional learning.
Rob Nyland is an Assistant Professor and Learning Architect in the Global College of Professional Military Education at Air University (part of the United States Air Force). In the past, he has worked as a learning engineer, researcher, multimedia designer, and faculty member. His research focuses on online learning, learning analytics, Open Educational Resources, and the application of learning engineering.
Eulho “EJ” Jung is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at a Military Medical School, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). His research focuses on technology-enhanced learning in the contexts of military and medical education. His recent projects involved the use of emerging technology, such as AI-powered tools, for clerkship education.
Each semester faculty find themselves teaching larger online courses. We set forth to investigate the experiences and instructional decisions of faculty teaching large online courses. In this session, we will report the results of our inquiry and implications for research and practice.