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American Public University System Vice President Wins Award for Innovation in Online Learning |
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 The 2009 Wagner Award for Distance Education Leadership was presented to COL (USA, ret) Philip A. McNair of the American Public University System on June 21st during the Distance Learning Administration conference at St Simons Island, Georgia.
The annual DLA conference is sponsored by the University of West Georgia and the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration and brings together educators from all over the world to share information and ideas about distance education from faculty, staff and support perspectives. The award for Distance Education Leadership is presented each year to an individual who has embraced and significantly impacted distance education and distance learning practices and is responsible for the growth of distance learning programs, has exemplified activities that have contributed to better understanding of distance education practices, and has participated in research involving distance education.
Col McNair is the Vice President for Academic Services at American Public University System, a position he has held for 4 and a half years. His department is especially proud of its faculty training and professional development program, its instructional design process and methodology, the support it provides to faculty and student users of the electronic classroom, and the management of the most critical new student course at APUS called Foundations of Online Learning, which attracts more than 1800 new students every month.
For more information about joining the Community of Scholars at APUS visit www.apus.edu
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