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Title:
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LEADERSHIP FOR A FORCED MARCH TO E-LEARNING: LURCHING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY |
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Author(s):
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Anna Mcfadden , John Lebaron |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-16-X |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Maggie McPherson and Frank Bannister |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Keywords:
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Leadership, change, transformation, technology, teaching, learning. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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169 |
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Last Page:
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176 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper offers a case history of one university academic departments experience with the pressure to create online
scholarship opportunities for professional educators. As tertiary education transforms its course delivery to Web-based
learning management platforms, instructors are challenged to transform career-long practice suddenly and without
warning. The department in question focuses on school leadership and primarily serves mid-career professionals studying
at the post-baccalaureate level. Practical and political challenges encountered by faculty members and the measures taken
to tackle them are addressed. Institutional support initiatives are described, along with perspectives on the consequences
of sudden technology migration to the quality of teaching, learning, and lifestyle. Using various data sources, faculty and
student responses to institutional change are assessed, with implications for further policy and practice. |
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