The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) today announced the 2017 class of OLC Fellows as well as recipients of the 2017 OLC Awards and the 2017 Effective Practice Awards. Fellows and awardees will be recognized at the upcoming OLC Accelerate conference, in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 15-17. Recognition as an OLC Fellow is conferred by the OLC Board of Directors on those who have contributed to advancing quality, effectiveness and breadth in online and blended education in areas represented by the OLC Pillars: learning effectiveness, access, faculty and student satisfaction and scale. Named to the 2017 class of OLC Fellows are:
Vickie Cook, Ph.D., Executive Director for Online Learning, Research and Service, University of Illinois Springfield
Laurie Dringus, Ph.D., Professor, Nova Southeastern University
Jill Buban, Ph.D., Senior Director of Research & Innovation, Online Learning Consortium