ABSTRACT
Online teaching and learning environments have evolved only recently to the point where not only courses, but entire degree programs, may be completed via the Internet. How best to structure such environments has been a challenge, one that many institutions are only beginning to address. Added complexity arises when the system implementing an online teaching and learning environment is a very large one, as in the case of the State University of New York (SUNY), by some measures the largest unified system of public higher education in the United States. This chapter will examine issues of pedagogy, faculty development, student satisfaction, and reported learning in the State University of New York Learning Network, the forum for online learning leading to complete degree programs for 53 SUNY colleges.
