ABSTRACT

Managing Online Learning is a comprehensive guide to planning and executing effective online learning programs. Featuring contributions from experienced professionals across operations in university and corporate settings, this all-in-one resource provides leaders and administrators with informed strategies for supporting learners’ and instructors’ evolving needs, implementing and evaluating pedagogically sound technologies, projecting revenue-generating models, and anticipating future scaling challenges. These highly applied chapters cover essential topics such as unit design, management of staff and finances, student engagement, user experience and interface, data analytics, and more.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

The Mirage in the Desert

section Section 1|52 pages

Organizational Leadership and Management

chapter 2|10 pages

Preparing the Path

Building an Online Learning Unit for Next-Generation Learners

chapter 3|15 pages

Leading and Finding the Way

Leadership and Finances in Online Learning

chapter 4|12 pages

Keeping the Machine and Culture in Sync

Creative Management of Technology-Enhanced Teams

section Section 2|52 pages

Challenges and Opportunities for Learners

chapter 5|11 pages

Supporting the Online Student

From Suspect to Graduate (Alumni)

chapter 6|19 pages

Seeing the World

Introduction to International Learners

chapter 8|13 pages

A Voice in the Wilderness

Overcoming Isolation in Online Learning

section Section 3|64 pages

Course Design and Development

chapter 9|16 pages

Building the Scene

Storyboarding and Course Design for Interactive and Engaging Learning

chapter 10|14 pages

The Windows to the Soul

User Experience Design for Online Learners

chapter 11|16 pages

Lights, Camera, Online

Building an Online Learning Studio to Support Next-Generation Course Development

chapter 12|16 pages

Engineers Welcome

Designing and Teaching STEM Online

section Section 4|46 pages

Ongoing Improvements

chapter 13|16 pages

Pocket Data Analytics

An Introduction to Practical Applications of Course Analytics in Online Learning 1

chapter 14|25 pages

Understanding and Ensuring Quality

Designing Assessments and Evaluations for Online Learning

chapter |3 pages

Epilogue

Days of Future Past: Where Do We Go From Here?
Edited ByJohn Vivolo