Don Danner was a founding member of the Online Education Committee and served until passing away this year; and

Mr. Danner taught very large online courses and was an advocate for changes to ensure that students received a high-quality education experience; and

in contrast to traditional face-to-face courses, online classes have no physical constraints that limit maximum student enrollment; and

SF State, in contrast to online education policies at most other CSU campuses, does not constrain maximum enrollment in online courses to match that of courses taught using a traditional face-to-face format; and

large online courses are important because they are part of the educational experience of so many students (e.g., in AY2016 only 13% of all fully online and hybrid courses had 100 students or more, but 61% of all FTES associated with these courses were in courses with 100 students or more); and

results from three years of empirical research conducted by the Online Education Committee have consistently identified that faculty of large online courses have a higher workload associated with those courses, lower teaching satisfaction, and lower perceived teaching effectiveness; and