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Teaching Tip: Reflecting on 30 years of distance and online education

July 14, 2020

Marissa Carl

Heidi Olson, left, started her 30-year UAF career at the front desk of the Center for Distance Education, which eventually became e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ. She retired in June 2020 as the e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ learning design coordinator. Kim Runnion, right, is currently the e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ registration coordinator. This photo was taken in July 1993.
Heidi Olson, left, started her 30-year UAF career at the front desk of the Center for Distance Education, which eventually became e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ. She retired in June 2020 as the e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ learning design coordinator. Kim Runnion, right, is currently the e¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ registration coordinator. This photo was taken in July 1993.


Heidi Olson managed paper-based correspondence courses in the ’80s, supported UAF’s first online offerings in the late ’90s, and has handled thousands of online courses since. She retired last week.