Inhalt: | Foreword / Kaye Shelton -- Series Editors' Foreword / Anthony A. Piña and Christopher T. Miller -- Status of Online Learning -- Leadership for Online Learning -- Barriers in Online Education and Strategies for Overcoming Them -- Legalities, Policies, Ethics, Accreditation, and Institutional Support -- Theories and Frameworks for Online Education: Seeking an Integrated Model -- Analyzing Your Context to Administer and Improve Distance Learning -- Managing the Course Development Process -- Course Designs for Distance Teaching and Learning -- Engaging Faculty through Professional Development and the Course Development Process -- Quality Assurance in Online Education -- Marketing and Recruitment -- Student Affairs and Support in Distance Learning Environments -- Student Success: Administering Distance Education for Student Success -- Support Technologies -- Your Distance Learning Community -- Ramping up Distance Learning in a Crisis: Lessons Learned from Covid-19 -- Conclusions. "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"-- |
