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Host Notes

Hi TOPcast Insiders!

This episode might be a good one to discuss with some of your colleagues in different roles than you at your institution. What in the episode do you each agree with? On what points do you disagree with us or with each other? How can we understand each other’s roles better in order to more successfully collaborate to help students learn online?

Also, last call for picking a date for the “recorded live” episode of TOPcast. We would love to have you join us. Poll: https://bit.ly/polltopcastlive21

- Tom and Kelvin

TOPcast Insider - Bonus Content

“Timing is Everything:” Oral History Interview (audio) with Dr. Steve Sorg, UCF’s First Online Faculty Member and Founding Director of the Center for Distributed Learning, recorded on the event of his retirement (2006).

Ep99: The Importance of “Faculty Voice and Faculty Valuing” in Online Education

While specialists in online education, such as instructional designers and administrative leaders, help carry out online courses and programs strategically, it is the faculty whose voice, wisdom, and human connections make online learning successful. In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss the importance of this faculty voice and valuing.

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