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Ensuring Quality in STEM and Beyond: Inside Doane University’s Open Learning Academy

Looking to expand your online programs but concerned about maintaining quality? Wondering how to get faculty buy-in across disciplines, especially in challenging areas like STEM? Discover how Doane University's Open Learning Academy (OLA) successfully scaled its online offerings—including rigorous science programs—while ensuring academic excellence and accessibility for all students.

Learn about Doane University’s proven approach to creating successful online programs across disciplines, with special insight into how they tackled one of online education’s biggest challenges: bringing robust STEM courses online. Their success in chemistry—now serving hundreds of students with hands-on lab experiences—demonstrates how institutions can maintain rigor while expanding access in even the most complex subject areas.

In this interactive session, you’ll discover:

✔️ How to build and scale quality online programs across disciplines

✔️ Best practices for developing online STEM courses that match on-campus learning outcomes

✔️ Strategies to secure faculty buy-in and support

✔️ Tools and resources that enhance student engagement, from hands-on labs to adaptive learning

Presenters

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Dr. Andrea Holmes Professor of Chemistry & Coordinator of Online Learning
Doane University
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Erin May Director of Extended Learning Opportunities
Doane University
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Dr. Caitlin Runne-Janczy Chief Academic Officer
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