A Case of Penn State World Campus
29 November, 2013
Hyung Joon Yoon, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
The Pennsylvania State University
 100 years of offering distance education
 One of the first major accredited universities
to provide online education in 1998
Penn State World Campus
 More than 90 online degree and certificate
programs
 Students from all 50 states and more than 40
countries
 One of Penn State’s 25 campuses
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How Online Learning Works at Penn State
World Campus (2:29)
Penn State Online Faculty (10:38)
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Attitude / Philosophy
Building Community
Classroom Administration /
Management
Faculty workload management
Teaching and learning
Technology Aptitude
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPpYq0EMWGo
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Instructional design team
Time and budget for online course
development
Faculty training on teaching online
Web-based video conferencing / instruction
tool
Effective elearning platform
Support for using social media
Converting the traditional format to an online
format
Penn State World Campus
http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu
Penn State World Campus Faculty Development
– Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/facultydevelopment