A Guide to Administering Distance Learning

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-47136-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 998 g

Reihe: Leadership and Best Practices in Educational Technology Management

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The rapid rise of e-learning worldwide means that campuses are creating new positions in distance learning leadership, often at the vice-president or vice-provost level. Frequently, those applying for such positions are recently graduated doctoral students or faculty members who have never served in administration. Unlike any other book to date, this Guide to Administering Online Learning provides easy access to an overview of tasks to be accomplished or maintained and perspectives to consider in order to direct dynamic online initiatives. In it, experienced distance learning teachers and administrators share their insights regarding what must be done to administer effective online learning, including theoretical insights as well as practical principles. They provide comprehensive guidelines for addressing issues and needs that distance learning administrators currently face: barriers to adoption, policies, legalities, ethics, strategic planning, emerging technologies, design of professional development, management of the course development process, quality assurance, student support, and recruitment and marketing. This book is a timely offering from those who have effectively led distance learning initiatives for those who are interested in leading distance learning for the next generation of learners. Each chapter includes questions, prompts, or activities to help readers relate the concept to their own experiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cifuentes, Lauren

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Kaye Shelton

Series Editors’ Foreword

Anthony A. Piña and Christopher T. Miller

Preface

Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Status of Online Learning

Christopher T. Miller and Hannah Digges-Elliott

2 Leadership for Online Learning

Ray Schroeder

3 Barriers in Online Education and Strategies for Overcoming Them

Florence Martin and Swapna Kumar

4 Legalities, Policies, Ethics, Accreditation, and Institutional Support

Duane M. Dunn

5 Theories and Frameworks for Online Education: Seeking an Integrated Model

Anthony G. Picciano

6 Analyzing Your Context to Administer and Improve Distance Learning

Atsusi “2c” Hirumi, Meredith Ratliff and Efrén de la Mora Velasco

7 Managing the Course Development Process

Anthony A. Piña

8 Course Designs for Distance Teaching and Learning

Lauren Cifuentes

9 Engaging Faculty through Professional Development and the Course Development Process

Josh Stringle and Jennifer Veloff

10 Quality Assurance in Online Education

Karen Swan

11 Marketing and Recruitment

Adam Schultz and Rachel Mork

12 Student Affairs and Support in Distance Learning Environments

Renay M. Scott

13 Student Success: Administering Distance Education for Student Success

Ormond Simpson

14 Support Technologies

Tonia A. Dousay and Cassidy S. Hall

15 Your Distance Learning Community

Anthony A. Piña and Lauren Cifuentes

16 Ramping up Distance Learning in a Crisis: Lessons Learned from Covid-19

Robbie Grant, Michelle Lebsock, Daniel Olssen and Timothy Strasser

17 Conclusions

Lauren Cifuentes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lauren Cifuentes, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, directed distance learning at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi for seven years. She has conducted research, published over one-hundred articles, and given countless distance learning workshops in universities and K-12 schools worldwide.