Faculty Spotlight

Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of Music Teacher Certification
Program Area Leader

"Teaching online allows me to connect with students in new and innovative ways. Online learning prepares students for the new century."

Parkes, an active member of IDDL's eLearning Faculty Community, discusses her online teaching experiences.

Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D.

Upcoming Workshops

A Work In Progress: Overcoming Challenges in Undergraduate Online Teaching
Date: Wednesday, January 25
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Theoretical Foundations of Online Teaching and Learning
Date: Thursday, January 26
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Writing Clear Objectives
Date: Thursday, February 09
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Effectively Assessing Student Learning in the Online Classroom
Date: Thursday, February 23
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 am
Effective Communication in the Online Classroom
Date: Thursday, March 22
Time: 10:00 am-12:00 am

eLearning at Virginia Tech

Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning Facts At a Glance

  • IDDL offers a wide array of faculty development opportunities including two online instructor certificates
  • An active eLearning faculty community continues to grow in scope.
  • Virginia Tech Online (VTOnline) serves as the university’s gateway to all the distance learning offerings (including online and interactive video conferencing). These include graduate and undergraduate courses, credit and non-credit courses, as well as 35 graduate degree and certificate programs.
  • Online courses comprise a significant segment of the summer session offerings, with 250 online courses during the 2010 summer sessions program.  More than 1,600 online enrollments were achieved during this time.
  • 96 percent of Virginia Tech academic departments are currently engaged in delivering courses at a distance.

Virginia Tech adheres to the Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs as endorsed by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.