ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the ways for helping the faculty to transition to teaching online, and for preparing the faculty to develop online courses. It discusses the faculty compensation models, the benefits of designating faculty coordinators, the benefits of employing course facilitators, and the strategies for recruiting, developing, and evaluating facilitators. The process of learning to teach a particular subject well has always required mastery of the subject matter, knowledge of students’ background, optimal topic sequencing, and good examples. One of the best ways to help faculty develop an online course is to have them teach it first in a blended format. Blended courses include both face-to-face and online components. Having faculty with extensive online teaching experience mentor faculty who are new to online is one of the best ways to help them learn. One of the challenges of maintaining a high-quality student experience as course enrollments grow is to provide students with the individual attention they require.
