Lawrence C. Ragan

Lawrence C. Ragan is the Director of Instructional Design and Development for Distance Education and Penn State’s World Campus initiative. Dr. Ragan is charged with directing the design and development of instructional materials for learners external to a Penn State campus. He is responsible for the integration of a wide range of electronic communications technologies into the instructional process including web-based systems, computer mediated communications, and interactive compressed video.Dr. Ragan coordinates the design and delivery of faculty development seminars and training programs for Distance Education and the World Campus. Dr. Ragan has presented internationally on the topics of instructional design, multimedia development, faculty development issues and instructional design for distance education.