Center for Distance Learning (CDL)

Clifford Bragdon, Ph.D., Dean, University College, Director

This center is the focus for the identification, development and marketing of courses and programs (undergraduate, graduate and professional development) for delivery using distance-learning technologies. Primary functions of the center include administering the learning management system and providing assistance to faculty using the learning management system for distance education. The center’s staff informs faculty of requests by outside audiences for courses and programs, works with the instructional technology staff of to provide the pedagogy and technology to ensure high-quality presentations, and works with faculty to implement marketing plans. Through its advisory board, the center’s staff works with faculty to develop and promulgate policies and procedures to assure the excellence and continued improvement of Florida Tech’s distance learning programs, monitor advances in educational delivery technology, and investigate new approaches with the goal of continuously improving the effectiveness of the distance learning experience.