From On-Campus to Online: A Trajectory of Innovation, Internationalization and Inclusion

This paper presents a study focused on a trajectory for developing an online operating mode on a campus-based university in the area of Massachusetts, USA. It addresses the innovation process and the changes and challenges faced by faculty and administrators. Methodologically-speaking, a mainly ethn...

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Autor principal:	Darlinda Pacheco Moreira
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2016
Materias:	Higher education online education faculty administration professional development internationalization Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9c2435a36d6941939cdaeae28da1aba22021-12-02T18:03:01ZFrom On-Campus to Online: A Trajectory of Innovation, Internationalization and Inclusion10.19173/irrodl.v17i5.23841492-3831https://doaj.org/article/9c2435a36d6941939cdaeae28da1aba22016-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2384https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This paper presents a study focused on a trajectory for developing an online operating mode on a campus-based university in the area of Massachusetts, USA. It addresses the innovation process and the changes and challenges faced by faculty and administrators. Methodologically-speaking, a mainly ethnographic approach was used for a systematic process of collecting data in context, in order to understand organizational strategies put in place to launch and improve online course provision. Leaders of the process and teachers of online courses were also interviewed. What emerged was: a) the online operating mode was prepared much in advance and linked to scenarios of internationalization and inclusion in higher education; b) there was an underlying discourse of inter-connectedness among different places and groups of people; and c) the partnership and collaboration between administration and faculty was essential. One of the main conclusions demonstrates that, despite careful formulation of the online component, it still does not enjoy the same status as the face-to-face element of courses, and, as a result, is largely ignored in terms of promotion in the teaching profession. Darlinda Pacheco MoreiraAthabasca University PressarticleHigher educationonline educationfacultyadministrationprofessional developmentinternationalizationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 17, Iss 5 (2016)
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description	This paper presents a study focused on a trajectory for developing an online operating mode on a campus-based university in the area of Massachusetts, USA. It addresses the innovation process and the changes and challenges faced by faculty and administrators. Methodologically-speaking, a mainly ethnographic approach was used for a systematic process of collecting data in context, in order to understand organizational strategies put in place to launch and improve online course provision. Leaders of the process and teachers of online courses were also interviewed. What emerged was: a) the online operating mode was prepared much in advance and linked to scenarios of internationalization and inclusion in higher education; b) there was an underlying discourse of inter-connectedness among different places and groups of people; and c) the partnership and collaboration between administration and faculty was essential. One of the main conclusions demonstrates that, despite careful formulation of the online component, it still does not enjoy the same status as the face-to-face element of courses, and, as a result, is largely ignored in terms of promotion in the teaching profession.
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title	From On-Campus to Online: A Trajectory of Innovation, Internationalization and Inclusion
title_short	From On-Campus to Online: A Trajectory of Innovation, Internationalization and Inclusion
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From On-Campus to Online: A Trajectory of Innovation, Internationalization and Inclusion

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