Managing Online Learning

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.

John Vivolo is a thought leader in online learning with over 15 years of experience. He is Director of Online Education at the Katz School of Science and Health at Yeshiva University, and President of Re-Learning Solutions, LLC, an online learning consulting firm, USA. He was previously Director of Online and Virtual Learning at New York University and Director of Online Learning at the American Montessori Society.

Introduction Section One: Organizational Leadership and Management 1. Overview of Online Learning and an (Un)official History John Vivolo 2. Preparing the Path: Building an Online Learning Unit for Next-Generation Learners John Vivolo 3. Leading and Finding the Way: Leadership and Finances in Online Learning Marlene Leekang 4. Keeping the Machine and Culture in Sync: Creative Management of Technology-Enhanced Teams Marlene Leekang Section Two: Challenges and Opportunities for Learners 5. Supporting the Online Student: From Suspect to Graduate (Alumni) Lisa Ann Bellantuono 6. Seeing the World: Introduction to International Online Learners Jennifer Lauren 7. Overcoming Faculty Resistance to Teaching Online Robert Ubell 8. A Voice in the Wilderness: Overcoming Isolation in Online Learning John Vivolo Section Three: Course Design and Development 9. Building the Scene: Storyboarding and Course Design for Interactive and Engaging Learning John Vivolo 10. The Windows to the Soul: User Experience Design for Online Learners Patrice Torcivia Prusko 11. Lights, Camera, Online: Building an Online Learning Studio to Support Next-Generation Course Development Earl Co 12. Engineers Welcome: Designing and Teaching STEM Online Catheryn Reardon Section Four: Ongoing Improvements 13. Pocket Data Analytics: An Instruction to Practical Applications of Course Analytics in Online Learning John Vivolo 14. Understanding and Ensuring Quality: Designing Assessments and Evaluations for Online Learning Elisabeth Gabriel Stucklen Epilogue: Days of Future Past: Where Do We Go From Here?