by Shari Rodriguez, Ashford University
As students increasingly opt for the accessibility and flexibility of earning their degrees in cyberspace, demand for online educators escalates. Online teaching appeals to professors for the same reason as it does to online students — class schedules on their own time to fit their busy lives. Dr. Larry Flegle, 62, dubbed “the fishing professor” obtained his nickname because he has successfully combined his greatest passions — online teaching, fishing and radio. It’s commonplace to find him aboard his cabin cruiser in the middle of Lake Chatuge in northern Georgia, grading papers and taking students’ phone calls, fishing rod in hand. An online educator since 1999, Dr. Flegle has taught marketing management at Ashford University, an accredited university offering online and on-campus degree programs, for three years. His online teaching career has provided him with the flexibility to simultaneously pursue other interests.
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