About Fabde
The Mission of the Provost's Faculty Advisory Board for Distance Education is to provide broad faculty input on the academic aspect of distance education at Boston University.
Members
- Karen Jacobs, Chairperson, SAR, Professor of Occupational Therapy
- Jeff Albro, Director, Academic Information Technology, Office of the Provost
- Joseph Bizup, CAS, Director of the Writing Program
- Leo Bursten, MET, Educational Research & Technology
- Tom Casserly, Assoc. University Librarian, Undergraduate & Distance Services
- Bill Chambers, MET
- Daniel Cole, ENG, Mechanical Engineering
- Nancy Coleman, Director of Distance Education
- Mena daSilva-Clark, SSW, Assistant Dean of Off-Campus Programs
- Jay Dorfman, CFA
- June Grasso, CGS
- Jay Halfond, MET, Dean
- Janelle Heineke, SMG, CEIT Director
- Mike Lawson, SMG
- Stephen Marks, LAW, Law Instruction
- Richard Murray, CAS, Director of BU Marine Program
- Dr. Gwyneth Offner, MET
- Domenic Screnci Jr., Executive Director for Educational Media & Technology
- Louis Ureneck, COM
- Kirk Wegter-McNelly, STH
- Charlie White, SED
Frequently Asked Questions
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FABDE News
May 11, 2010 Second Annual FABDE Conference on Distance Education: Expanding Reach and Opportunity: Options in Distance Education
October 24, 2007 Closing the Distance: New faculty advisory board to guide BU's online growth
September 18, 2007 The Dot-Com Degree Gets Real: Online education at BU is growing - but how far should it go?