Tagged: teaching

Meet the Passionate Professors of BU’s Metropolitan College

As another academic year begins anew, a fresh batch of students will learn as the returnees are reminded: The instructors who teach online through Boston University are a passionate bunch. Passionate about their area of expertise. Passionate about sharing knowledge. Passionate about provoking thought and discussion. Passionate about their students. And thanks to our friends/floormates […]

BU Online Wows Audience and Accepts Award at 2011 USDLA Conference

We don’t have time to attend many conferences, so when we do it’s a pretty big deal. From May 1-4, 2011, our own Jim Frey and Charles Southworth attended the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) national conference in St. Louis, along with Judith Simpson, BU professor and lead faculty member of CFA’s online Master’s […]

Online Faculty Spotlight: Ginny Greiman

Congratulations to Ginny Greiman, Metropolitan College Administrative Sciences professor, on her most recent publication in NASA’s Academy Sharing Knowledge (ASK) journal, focusing on lessons learned from Boston’s “Big Dig.” To read the article, click the image on the right. For more about Professor Greiman’s background and accomplishments, read on. We asked Professor Greiman about teaching […]

National Distance Learning Week: The BU Online Student Experience

Place holder for ndlw_09_student_03 Watch this video of students sharing their perspective on the BU online experience. Scroll down the page to see more!

National Distance Learning Week: Why I like teaching online at BU

Place holder for ndlw_09_faculty_01 Watch this video of one of our prestigious faculty members, Dr. Karen Jacobs (Sargent College) speaking about what it’s like to teach online.

2009 USDLA Award Winner

BU is a 2009 USDLA bronze award winner in the Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning – Teaching category. Congratulations to Dr. John Wallace (CFA Faculty), and Jim Frey (ODE Instructional Designer) for their outstanding work on MU 400, Graduate Theory Review.