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Ann Taylor, PhD has worked in the field of distance education since 1991, focusing on learning design and faculty development. As the assistant dean for Distance Learning and director of the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute at Penn State University, Taylor is responsible for guiding the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences strategic vision and planning for online learning. She works with faculty, administrators, stakeholders, and Institute staff to plan and implement online programs that are tailored to the needs of adult professionals worldwide. She serves on University committees focused on strategic planning, policies, and procedures related to the Penn States distance learning initiatives and has been an active member of the University Faculty Senate since 2007, where she is currently the elected Secretary. Ann regularly works with University colleagues to create resources for faculty who teach online, and she shares her work as a frequent public speaker and author.

Taylor earned her PhD in workforce education and development from the Pennsylvania State University and an MA in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.

Updated 10-31-2017

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  • How Can I Effectively Review Online Courses and Programs for Quality?
  • How Can I Bring Pop to My Classroom with Pop Culture?
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    • Create a positive and unique classroom environment in which students are more connected to your content through these concrete strategies for applying pop culture to your course.
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  • How Can I Build Community in My Online Classes?
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    • How Can I Build Community in My Online Classes?

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  • How Do I Create Social Presence in My Online Classes?
  • How Can I Earn Swift Trust in My Online Classes?
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    • Discover how the core elements of creating trust—communicating fully and openly, delivering on promises, building confidence, recognizing concerns—can be accomplished in an online course setting.
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  • How Can I Inspire Creative Confidence in the Classroom?
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    • Learn a step-by-step method for cultivating your students creativity in any subject area while deepening their engagement with course content and strengthening their presentation skills. You'll learn how to use 21st-century approaches and techniques, like transactive thinking and creativity tools, to help your students imagine, innovate, and implement.
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  • How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom?
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  • How Can I Engage Generation C?
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  • How Can I Effectively Mentor Students?
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  • How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation?
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    • Learn to write letters of recommendation more effectively and efficiently, by inspiring the student to be more accountable in the process.
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