Effective Change Management Strategies for Embedding Online Learning within Higher Education and Enabling the Effective Continuing Professional Development of its Academic Staff

dc.creator	Geoff GOOLNIK
dc.date	2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:37Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d51f3be6135b48e18daa7bec81900938
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16173
dc.description	Effective Change Management Strategies for Embedding Online Learning within Higher Education and Enabling the Effective Continuing Professional Development of its Academic Staff Geoff GOOLNIK Tutor at Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), The Robert Gordon University, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM ABSTRACT Previous research studies show that those universities wishing to successfully engage in online learning will have to adopt and implement tactics that have the capacity to overcome existing social and cultural constraints. An inclusive, consultative framework needs to be established, and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been recognized as a key concern that should be addressed here. The moves towards non-traditional forms of course delivery for students require a well prepared CPD programme designed to enable academics to acquire pedagogical skills within a technology enhanced arena. Successful programmes of CPD are those that acknowledge staff wants, interests, hopes and varying amounts of availability. For induction into online teaching, an effective model could be one that adopts accessible and suitably blended approaches which acknowledge different learning styles and sound pedagogical theories and practices. To succeed beyond this stage – and taking into account the pace of change, the lack of development time and indeed the general lack of staff developers – there is a need for an even greater range of on-going scalable, just-in-time and formal/informal CPD opportunities. The conclusion drawn is that if the concerns of academic staff are acknowledged and their needs appreciated then online learning initiatives – most importantly backed up by appropriate range of scalable CPD opportunities – have a far greater chance of successfully gaining widespread support.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde21/pdf/article_1.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 9-21 (2006)
dc.subject	Online learning
dc.subject	eLearning
dc.subject	change management
dc.subject	university strategies
dc.subject	Continuing Professional Development
dc.subject	academics
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Effective Change Management Strategies for Embedding Online Learning within Higher Education and Enabling the Effective Continuing Professional Development of its Academic Staff
dc.type	article