Online MBA Sample Class
Join faculty chair Dr. Janet Duck and instructor and teaching support specialist Cheryl Horten on Wednesday, March 15, from noon to 1:00 p.m. (ET) to learn how the internationally ranked Penn State Smeal College of Business strives to "integrate, collaborate, and engage" students like you in an online world. Using the web-conferencing tool Zoom, you can:
- learn how our course is delivered via the Canvas Learning Management System
- discuss synchronous versus asynchronous learning environments
- gain hands-on experience with some of our learning tools
- see how assignments are submitted, reviewed, and graded
- discover how easily team-based, collaborative assignments are conducted
Janet Duck, Ph.D.
Faculty Director and Faculty Chair, Penn State Online MBA, and Clinical Professor of Management & Organization
Dr. Janet Duck, clinical professor of management, serves as faculty director for the Penn State Online MBA. In 2019, the Penn State Smeal College of Business named Dr. Duck as its director of excellence in teaching and learning, a newly formed role to benefit the college’s fast-growing portfolio of professional graduate programs.
Cheryl Horten
Instructor and Teaching Support Specialist
Cheryl Horten is an instructor and teaching support specialist in business analytics with the Penn State Smeal College of Business. She has a diverse background with more than 20 years of analyzing, interpreting, and translating data across multiple industries. Cheryl joined Penn State in 2018 as a grassroots contributor to the Creative Team Model and also holds the position of academic coordinator, in which she uses analytics to drive innovation and strategic evolution of the professional graduate student learning experience. Cheryl holds an MBA from Penn State and is currently pursuing a DBA with a focus on innovation and technology from Marymount University.