Raymond Rose, Online Learning Evangelist

Bio

Ray has been involved in online education since the mid '90s when he first began defining and building a method of creating online learning communities. He helped envision, create, and administer the first virtual high school in the country.  He currently works with college and university programs, policy-makers, and leaders in online learning from non-profit organizations and institutions.  He has helped shape the nature of e-learning efforts in the USA.

Speeches

Dynamite Tips for Changing Your Online Drops, Failures and Withdrawals into Successful Learners - Online education has the reputation of having an ongoing problem with a high DFW (Drop, Failure, Withdrawal) rate. The solution to reducing the DFW rate for online courses isn't a magic bullet; it's a series of small steps that address course and program design as well as online pedagogy and instructor facilitation. With over 15 years of experience in online education Ray will engage the audience in a lively interactive discussion that will get to the proven steps to reduce DFWs and engage online students to help them become successful learners. This speech was presented at the Texas Distance Learning Association  2010 conference, and the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International 2011 Conference.