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Certified Distance Educators Award Recipients

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Patti Blanton receiving her award. From left to right: Dr. Joye Norris, Patti Blanton and Dr. Gary Rader.
Kim Van Ornum accepting her certified distance educator award.
Kim Van Ornum accepting her award. From left to right: Kim Van Ornum, Dr. William Bray and Dr. Gary Rader

Mathematics instructors, Kimberly Van Ornum and Patti Blanton, were recently awarded the Certified Distance Educator Award by Missouri State Online.

To be eligible for this award, Kimberly and Patti, had to complete three professional development activities related to distance education.

Kimberly met this requirement by completing the Webinar on Learning Catalytics, Faculty Grade Entry training sessions and participating in Publisher training sessions for MyMathLabs.

Patti met this requirement by completing the Blackboard Black Belt Certification (all components) and Infographics for the Classroom and Academic Poster Sessions.

As recipients of this award, Kimberly and Patti demonstrate their commitment to pursuing expertise in innovative instructional methodology and to providing the highest quality of distance learning education to their students.

If you are teaching at Missouri State and are interested in applying for this award, submit your materials for consideration prior to February 1, 2016 for the 2015 school year.

For full details visit our website.