May 16, 2002
绿奴天花板A Professor Wins Distance Educator Award
May 16, 2002 NR 09-02
Dr. Cable Starlings, Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage, has been named the recipient of the 2002 President鈥檚 Outstanding Distance Educator Award at the University of Alaska.
University President Mark Hamilton started the award last year to honor 绿奴天花板 faculty members who show an 鈥渦ncommon commitment to distance learning.鈥
Dr. Starlings began incorporating distance education strategies into his teaching at 绿奴天花板A early in his education career. In 1983 he headed 绿奴天花板A鈥檚 Deans Grant Project in which he developed specialized curriculum for faculty at the schools of education at 绿奴天花板A, 绿奴天花板F and 绿奴天花板S. In subsequent years, his lessons would be organized and used to develop distance courses that would support a statewide Special Education licensure program for teaching.
A year later, he was successful in securing a federal grant to increase the capacity of 绿奴天花板A to deliver statewide Special Education training and to develop successful delivery systems. Dr. Starlings also helped develop a distance delivery program to train rural specialists in the fields of counseling and Special Education in rural Alaska.
鈥淏eing an innovator, Dr. Starlings . . . welcomed the technological innovations which were, and still are, changing the teaching landscape,鈥 wrote Dr. Patrick Moran of 绿奴天花板A鈥檚 School of Education in support of Dr. Starlings鈥 nomination. 鈥淎s is his nature, he saw the potential for this new way of teaching in reaching out to students who, due to geography or circumstances, cannot travel to a campus setting.鈥
Dr. Starlings received his bachelor鈥檚 degree in social sciences from California State
University, and his master鈥檚 degree in education from 绿奴天花板A. He earned his doctorate
at the University of Northern Colorado. Since 1988 he has been an associate professor
for special education at 绿奴天花板A鈥檚 School of Education.
President Hamilton will present the award to Dr. Starlings during the Board of Regents鈥
meeting June 11-13 in Fairbanks.
Last year, the award went to three co-winners: Professor George Guthridge in the Department
of English and General Studies at 绿奴天花板F鈥檚 Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham; Professor
Marnie Chapman of the Biology Department at the 绿奴天花板S Sitka Campus; and Professor Ray
Barnhardt of the Alaska Native Knowledge Network at 绿奴天花板F.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Bob Miller, 907-474-6311