Leading the e-learning transformation of higher education : leadership strategies for the next generation / Gary E. Miller, Kathleen S. Ives, Michael Grahame Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ives, Kathleen S., 1955- editor.

Moore, Michael G., writer of foreword.

Miller, Gary E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology.

Leadership.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2020]

Summary:

Published in Association with eLearning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires eLearning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and rapid technological change. In this environment eLearning leaders must act within their institutions as much more than technology managers and assume the prime role of helping their institutions understand the opportunities that eLearning presents for faculty, for students, and for client organizations in the community. They need to prepare to participate in policy development around these opportunities. They must understand the multiple dimensions of practice in the field--operations, administration, and working within the complex culture of a higher education institution--while also functioning as scholars of the field who can bring the best ideas from other institutions to help shape policy around eLearning. The second edition builds on the success of the first edition and presents both the collective expertise of veterans who have pioneered the field for 20 years, and of a rising generation of eLearning leaders that are transforming online programs at their own institutions, to address these challenges. This edition has been updated and expanded to reflect the increasing complexity of the field with seven new chapters andthe revision of eight chapters that appeared in the first edition. New and updated topics include: The evolving role of the chief online learning officer Issues of diversity as more women and minorities enter leadership roles in the field The increasing role of learning analytics and data-based decisions The potential tensions involved in cohort-based versus individualized instruction The increasing need for faculty professional development The affordances of cloud computing, adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and mobile learning to the field The open educational resources movement and the implications for institutional policy and practice The challenges of an increasingly complex competitive environment Accessibility There are few comparable positions in higher education than that of eLearning leaders who work across multiple academic and support units and whose work fundamentally affects the institution as a whole. This volume is written for them.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Leadership Context

1 eLearning and the Transformation of Higher Education

2 Leadership for Online Learning in U.S. Higher Education

3 Leading Change in the Mainstream: A Strategic Approach

4 Leadership and Diversity

Part Two: Ensuring Operational Effectiveness

5 What eLearning Leaders Should Know about Learning Effectiveness

6 What eLearning Leaders Should Know about Online Teaching

7 Supporting Faculty Success in Online Learning: Requirements for Individual and Institutional Leadership

8 Online Student Services Optimize Success and Engagement for All Students

9 Moving Into the Technology Mainstream

10 Accessibility

11 Operational Leadership in a Strategic Context

Part Three: Sustaining the Innovation

12 Leading a Quality Online Organization

13 Leading Beyond the Organization

14 Preparing to Lead the eLearning Transformation

15 Emerging Leadership Issues

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Chapters 5 and 6 are co-authored by UIS Professor Karen Swan, Department of Educational Leadership.

Chapter 7 was co-authored and Chapter 11 was authored by UIS Professor Emeritus and Associate Vice Chancellor for Online Learning Raymond Schroeder.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-344562-4

1-000-97365-4

1-003-44562-4

1-64267-150-9

9781003445623

OCLC:

1389363887