Moxley, Murray honored for distance education innovations

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Virginia Moxley, professor and dean of the College of Human Ecology, and Ann Murray, associate professor of family studies and human services, have received national awards from the University Continuing Education Association for their leadership in distance education.

Moxley received the 2008 Faculty Service Award and Murray the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award at the organization’s 93rd annual conference in March in New Orleans, La.

The dean was recognized for her work with the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance, an alliance between 11 universities that sponsors interinstitutional graduate programs, shares distance education programming and develops model distance education policies and practices. A founding member, she served as the chair of the board of directors from 2002-2005.

The alliance has become a national model for higher education strategic alliances.

Murray teaches assessment of young children and infant behavior and
development, both online courses. She was an early adopter of distance
learning technologies on campus and was one of the first professors to
use K-State Online to teach on-campus and distance students.

Using a variety of online learning tools and techniques, her teaching methodology can account for different student learning styles.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 and is filed under Dean's Blog.