Creating Teacher Immediacy in Online Learning Environments

Steven DAgustino holds a doctorate from Fordham Universitys Graduate School of Education and is the Director of Online Learning for the Office of the Provost where his responsibilities include supporting the development of distance learning programs across Fordham University. He has published research in the area of instructional enhancement through the integration of technology and has been awarded a number of grants while at Fordham, the largest of which was a 2.5 million dollar grant to provide access to technology through online learning. Dr. DAgustino is the editor of two books: Adaptation, Resistance and Access to Instructional Technologies and Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities, and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education published in 2010 and 2012, respectively. His most recent publications, both in 2013, include Toward a course conversion model for distance learning: a review of best practices in Frontiers of Distance Learning in Business Education and Providing innovative opportunities and options through online credit recovery and afterschool programs in Expanding Minds and Opportunities.