A National Study of Online Learning Leaders in US Community Colleges

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v22i4.1458

Keywords:

online learning, leadership, higher education, academic transformation, community colleges

Abstract

Online learning has become a major endeavor in US higher education. A 2016 national study of leadership for online learning explored a new leadership role that Presidents and Provosts at US universities have established to coordinate and direct their efforts in this vital area. But a significant portion of online education is offered by two-year schools, so this systematic national study of online learning leaders at our community college will complement the first study and contribute to our understanding of this vital academic initiative in those institutions. 

Author Biography

Eric E. Fredericksen, University of Rochester

Dr. Eric E. Fredericksenis the Associate Vice President for Online Learning and provides leadership for the exploration of online learning initiatives across the University of Rochester. He is also Associate Professor in Educational Leadership in the Warner School where he teaches in the classroom and online and is Program Director for Online Teaching and Learning programs. 

Eric has extensive experience in online education and instructional technologies. He was Associate Vice Provost for Academic & Research IT at the University from 2005-2012. Prior to the University of Rochester, Eric served as the Director of Academic Technology & Media Services at Cornell University. Before Cornell, Eric was the Assistant Provost for Advanced Learning Technology in the State University of New York where he provided leadership for all system-wide programs focused on the innovative use of technology to support teaching and learning. This included the nationally recognized SUNY Learning Network - winner of the EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning and Sloan-C Awards for Excellence in Faculty Development and Excellence in Institution-wide Online programming. Eric was the Co-PI and Administrative Officer for three multi-year, multi-million dollar grants on Online Learning from the Sloan Foundation. For the past 16 years, he has been designing and teaching graduate online courses in education. He was also Chair of the Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning and served as Chair of the Sloan-C Awards Program for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning. In 2012, Eric was elected to the Board of Directors for the Sloan Consortium, currently serves as President of the Board, and was honored as a Sloan-C Fellow in 2013. 

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2019-01-25

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Vol. 22 No. 4 (2018)

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Section II

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