| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Online learning & distance education : leadership, innovation, policy, & practice
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Online learning and distance education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
FOREWORD / Michael Grahame Moore -- PREFACE : Leading Change In Distance Education -- PART ONE: LEADING CHANGE : Making the Match Between Leadership and Institutional Culture -- 1. E-learning and the transformation of higher education / Bruce Chaloux and Gary Miller -- 2. Impact of organizational context / Bruce Chaloux and Gary Miller -- 3. Leading change in the mainstream : a strategic approach / Gary Miller -- 4. Leadership is personal / Wayne Smutz -- PART TWO: ENSURING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE -- 5. Enhancing e-learning effectiveness / Karen Swan -- 6. Supporting faculty success in online learning : requirements for individual and institutional leadership / Lawrence C. Ragan and Raymond Schroeder -- 7. Optimizing student success through student support services / Meg Benke and Gary Miller -- 8. Moving into the technology mainstream / Raymond Schroeder and Gary Miller -- 9. Operational leadership in a strategic context / Raymond Schroeder -- PART THREE: SUSTAINING THE INNOVATION -- 10. Policy leadership in e-learning / Bruce Chaloux -- 11. Leading beyond the institution / Meg Benke and Gary Miller -- 12. Foreseeing an actionable future / Gary Miller, Meg Benke, Bruce Chaloux, Lawrence C. Ragan, Raymond Schroeder, Wayne Smutz, and Karen Swan. |
| Summary |
"Written by pioneers in the field of online learning, Leading the e-Learning Transformation of Higher Education is a professional text that offers insights and guidance to the rising generation of leaders in the field of higher education. It explains how to integrate online learning into an institution during a period of rapid social and institutional change. This important volume: Shares success stories; interviews, cases and insights from a broad range of leadership styles; Reviews how technology is transforming higher education worldwide; Provides an overview of how distance education is organized in a range of institutional settings; Breaks down current leadership challenges in both unit operations and institutional policy. This volume launches the new Stylus series that is aimed at the online learning and distance education market. It offers readers the opportunity to benefit from the collective experience and expertise of top leaders in the field. All of the contributors have held leadership roles in national and international distance education organizations. Five of the contributors have been recognized as Sloan Consortium Fellows in 2010 and they have all collaborated with the Institute for Emerging Leaders in Online Learning. These contributors have helped pave the way and now share their insights, advice, and broad vision with the future leaders of the field."--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Computer network resources.
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Education, Higher -- Computer network resources. |
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Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on.
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Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on. |
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Internet in higher education.
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Distance education.
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Internet in higher education. |
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Distance education. |
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EDUCATION -- Higher. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Benke, Meg, author.
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Chaloux, Bruce N., author.
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Ragan, Lawrence C., author.
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Schroeder, Raymond, author.
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Smutz, Wayne, author.
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Swan, Karen, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Gary E. Leading the e-learning transformation of higher education. First edition. Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2014 9781579227951 (DLC) 2013013284 (OCoLC)820782251 |
| ISBN |
9781579227975 (electronic book) |
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157922797X (electronic book) |
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9781579227982 (consumer e-edition) |
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1579227988 (consumer e-edition) |
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9781579227951 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1579227953 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781579227968 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1579227961 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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