Faculty development is too important.
Lack of faculty development is too costly. |
| Finally, certification specific to those coordinating and training faculty, especially online faculty. |
| Come to the Certified Faculty Development institute and go home a Certified Faculty Developer (CFD). |
| Why Your Institution Should Participate |
| There are two reasons why your institution should have a Certified Faculty Developer (CFD) on staff: |
 Faculty development is a good investment |
Faculty development creates income and reduces costs. Professionally trained faculty are able to use their time more effectively, teach hybrid and online courses as well as face-to-face, and are more apt to adjust to new technologies and pedagogical strategies.
In the increasingly competitive environment facing higher education in the years ahead, your institution cannot afford to fall behind in teaching quality. |
| Return on Investment (ROI) is substantial. |
When you send your faculty developer to become a Certified Faculty Developer, that person returns and improves the professional development of your staff, resulting in an enormous Return on Investment (ROI) for all your faculty. Faculty development enhances the quality of all your faculty.
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| Unique |
| Here’s why you should send your faculty developer to become a Certified Faculty Developer (CFD). |
| Foremost authorities |
| The instructors at the LERN Institute are the foremost authorities on online learning and faculty development. Each is an author, consultant and a popularly requested speaker at conferences. Your instructors are engaged daily in research into best practices, the latest trends, and emerging technologies in the rapidly changing environment of higher education today. |
| Information not available anywhere else |
| The Certified Faculty Developer curriculum is the most sophisticated, advanced, comprehensive and intensive curriculum in the field. You will receive strategies and techniques not found anywhere else. |
| Who Should Participate |
| Any person on faculty or staff engaged in faculty development should participate. Whether faculty development is a full-time position, a part-time position, or a part of an administrator’s duties, this training and designation is relevant. Deans and other decision makers will also benefit from getting the most advanced, comprehensive, and intensive professional development available in faculty development. |
| Benefits |
The Faculty Development Manual included in your materials
PowerPoint slide shows on faculty development and online teaching topics to present to faculty your institutions
Unique benefit!
After you pass the exam, take home a framed certificate and a real medal.
After passing the exam, you earn the right to have the initials CFD after your name. |
| Outcomes |
The goal of LERN Faculty Development certification is to prepare faculty developers to assist faculty in improving instructional quality at their institution.
Upon certification, faculty developers will:
 Identify current trends and issues that need to be addressed by faculty development programs.
Be aware of the latest innovations and best practices in instructional strategies.
Be apprised of emerging technological advances.
Understand the needs and characteristics of today’s learners.
Be able to address the changing role and needs of faculty. |
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Rita-Marie Conrad, Ph.D., is one of the foremost authorities on online instruction and is coauthor of Faculty Guide to Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web. She is also the co-author of Engaging the Online Learner: Activities for Creative Instruction. |
Conrad has been teaching, designing and consulting about online courses for the past decade. She has taught for Florida State University, Capella University, Nova Southeastern University and Tallahassee Community College.
Conrad consults on the design and implementation of distance learning courses, the management of technology- related projects, the use of technology in the classroom, and has provided training to community college and university faculty. She is a frequent presenter on the topic of online instruction at various national forums. |
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Les Howles is a leading online media expert and is a senior e-learning consultant at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has over 20 years experience as an instructional design and technology consultant in corporate, government, medical and academic settings. |
He works with faculty, researchers, trainers and subject experts to develop instructional programs, multimedia applications and e-learning courses. He has a graduate degree in educational technology from the University of Oregon and under-graduate degrees in education and educational psychology.
Les is a frequent presenter at national, local and regional conferences, as well as a guest speaker at various universities. |
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Julie Coates is author of the pioneering book, Generational Learning Styles. She also teaches faculty about generational learning styles in the University of South Dakota graduate program in adult and higher education. |
She has taught faculty on campus, does consulting with educational institutions, and is a highly sought speaker for conferences and presentations. She is an authority on demographics, gender, the brain, and students with Asperger’s.
Her keynote speeches and sessions on trends and generational learning styles have garnered rave reviews and standing-room-only crowds. She has conducted seminars in Australia, Europe, Canada and throughout the United States. Coates has spoken at Radcliffe and has been on PBS television. |
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William A. Draves is a nationally known authority on teaching online. He is author of Advanced Teaching Online, and has taught more than 8,000 faculty about teaching online. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, NPR and other national media. |
He does writing, consulting, speaking and onsite faculty development. He has keynoted conferences and given presentations in Russia, Japan, Australia, Europe, U.K., Mexico, and throughout Canada and the United States.
One of education’s leading futurists, Draves has been called a “world class speaker” by Maureen Geddes, Vice President of the Ontario, Canada, Speakers Association. |
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