Full Description
Best Practices in Online Program Development is a practical, hands-on guide that provides the concrete strategies that academic and administrative departments within institutions of higher learning need to develop in order to create and maintain coherent and effective online educational programs. Unlike individual courses, an online education program requires a comprehensive, inter-departmental effort to be integrated into the ongoing educational project of a college or university. This book focuses on the:
Integration of online education into the institutional mission
Complex faculty-related issues including recruiting, training, and teaching
Multifaceted support required for student retention and success
Need for multilayered assessment at the course, program, technical, and institutional levels
Challenges posed to governance and by the need to garner resources across the institution
Model to insure ongoing, comprehensive development of online educational programs
Best Practices in Online Program Development covers the above topics and more, giving all the stakeholders in online educational programs the building blocks to foster successful programs while encouraging them to determine what role online education should play in their academic offerings.
Contents
Preface
Series Editor Introduction
Chapter 1: The Online Challenge in Higher Education
Chapter 2: The First Step Now
Chapter 3: Issues and Challenges Facing Faculty
Chapter 4: Issues and Challenges Facing Students
Chapter 5: Institutional Issues and Challenges
Chapter 6: The Generational Model for Online Program Development
Index
