Stylus Publishing (VA) Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Education: Leadership Strategies for the Next Generation

Published in Association with the Online Learning ConsortiumE-learning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires e-learning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and rapid technological change. In this environment e-learning 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 e-learning 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 e-learning. 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 e-learning 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. New and updated topics include: The evolving role of the chief online learning officerIssues of diversity as more women and minorities enter leadership roles in the fieldThe increasing role of learning analytics and data-based decisionsThe potential tensions involved in cohort-based versus individualized instruction.The increasing need for faculty professional developmentThe affordances of cloud computing, adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and mobile learning to the fieldThe open educational resources movement and the implications for institutional policy and practiceThe challenges of an increasingly complex competitive environmentAccessibilityThere are few comparable positions in higher education than that of e-learning 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. Review "In these times of increasing reliance on e-learning, this text is an essential guidebook for leaders who intend to launch into the sometimes choppy waters of innovating through online learning. The information in this book will help leaders at all levels to chart a course of action that will lead institutions to effective implementation and consequent transformation."--Ali Charr-Chellman, Ph.D. Dean, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences "University of Idaho""This is one of those books that every educator, administrator and policymaker needs to read now. The authors and experts, who represent online learning's visionaries, innovators and practitioners, offer up clear and authoritative guidance at a time when it could not be more relevant or essential. They have rendered higher education a path forward in its hour of need.--Anthony G. Picciano, Professor "Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center"If you are a University leader whose institution just became 100% online thanks to COVID19, this is a must-have book. Miller and Ives have curated timely well-honed chapters on key topics that will serve as a guiding light for yourovernight transformation. The chapter authors are the standouts of online education from its inception to current experts. A strong combination of research-informed practice and many 'how tos'--a book you need today when the future just landed at your feet. And make no mistake--there is no going back to pre-COVID19 normal. From now on you will need to be conversant with some level of quality online education. Start with this book.--Marie Cini "Executive Consultant and Strategi