1. A Look Back at a Career at the Seattle Colleges

Distance Learning, or e-Learning, has been part of North Seattle (Community) College’s curriculum for over 30 years, from 1993 until now in 2025.  I have been involved in e-Learning at the Seattle Colleges for many of those years, first as an adjunct instructor teaching the first online lab-science class (Physical Geology) at South Seattle (Community) College in 1996 and then as Distance Learning Coordinator at North Seattle (Community) College starting in 1997.  That role continued up to retirement in 2016, transitioning from Manager to Director and, finally, as Associate Dean of e-Learning at North Seattle College.  And, until 2021, I continued teaching online geology and dinosaur classes even beyond "retirement" as an adjunct instructor at North Seattle College and South Seattle College as well as Green River College. 

What follows are some of my memories and perspectives on how e-Learning grew and fit into the educational mission of the Seattle Colleges during these first 30 years.