Online Management and Design Track

Distance education and technology-enhanced learning have had long histories within higher education and especially within our professional, continuing, and online education units. Through these units and course/program offerings we have always stretched the frontier of learning and innovative pedagogical approaches to meet the needs of our students.

Celebrate the rich traditions of distance learning with the Online Management and Design (OMD) Network and look towards the future of online learning by taking lessons learned over this robust past and apply them to the next generation of our pedagogical approaches, distance education and online learning business models, and administration of our design units. Join us as we explore the impact of technology on our systems (both technical and operational), seek to understand the merits and disadvantages of various business models, continue to add value by staying on the forefront of our field, and be the voice of expertise with regard to the regulatory landscape that impacts distance education.

Today and into the next decade we will be faced with many challenges and questions, especially as non- or post-traditional students become the norm at our institutions. We hope you will join us this year in submitting a session proposal to help our community and others reflect on how to best move forward in the next decade and beyond.

Presentations involving multiple organizations, as well as content which may be scaled or optimized by attendees from a wide range of institutions are strongly encouraged. In addition, innovative formats such as roundtable, a flipped classroom experience (utilizing prior member/attendee discussion on CORe), or a sessions comprised by a series of short presentations on various aspects of a topic are also sought.

Proposals for this track may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

  • What do administrators need to know about their learning design shops?
  • How do centralize/decentralized operational models support distance education?
  • What is the impact of budget shifts and alternative delivery models?
    • How do we increase time to degree and completion rates?
    • What is the impact of PLA on budget models?
  • How do we guarantee success, not just access?
    • What cogent competency or mastery-based models exist?
    • How is tutoring managed in a distributed environment?
  • What are effective practices around advisory boards?
  • How do we support the administrative side of teaching and learning?
    • How to best position, develop resources for growth?
    • What does it take to produce quality online courses?
    • What strong faculty development models exist?
  • What is the impact of pending regulatory legislation on professional, continuing, and online operations?
  • What are recent developments in copyright and intellectual property issues?
  • How best can we blend adult and resident student instruction in our programs and courses?
  • How can we appropriate formal and informal (non-credit) in our portfolios?
  • What role do data analytics play in program development for distance education?
  • What are the leadership and staffing considerations for learning architecture or classroom design for innovative pedagogies like blended learning and flipped classrooms?
    • How can we best identify and address the needs of at-risk students?
    • What are benchmarks for online program sustainability?

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TRANSFORMING STUDENT LEARNING: PROGRAM DESIGN, OPEN RESOURCES, AND A NEW ROLE FOR FACULTY
KARA VAN DAM, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
ARIC KRAUSE, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE


HYBRID STRATEGIES FOR CENTRALIZED/DECENTRALIZED ONLINE PROGRAM SUPPORT AND SERVICES
KAREN ZANNINI BULL, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
MICHAEL J. FRASCIELLO, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
VICTORIA WILLIAMS, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY


SYNCHRONIZING DISTANCE EDUCATION AT A LARGE PUBLIC INSTITUTION
ROBERT GRIFFITHS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
JENNIFER SIMMONS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY


FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN: A SUITABLE MARRIAGE?
JOHN HOWARD, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY


COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION STRATEGIES
ELIZABETH LAVES, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM LYNCH, DREXEL UNIVERSITY
LISA TEMPLETON, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
RAY SCHROEDER,
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD; UPCEA

ADVISORY GROUPS: ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PITFALLS
KIM L. SIEGENTHALER, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
MELINDA STEARNS, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM MCCLURE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST
JULIE URANIS, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY


ONLINE MANAGEMENT: EMERGING TRENDS AND NEW INITIATIVES
ELIZABETH LAVES, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM LYNCH, DREXEL UNIVERSITY
LISA TEMPLETON, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
RAY SCHROEDER, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD AND UPCEA


Innovation Roundtables:

NAVIGATING CHANGE IN THE FACE OF RESISTANCE: ONLINE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
LISA TEMPLETON, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
SUSANA RIVERA-MILLS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
SEBASTIAN HEIDUSCHKE, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

WHAT STUDENTS WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT COURSE DESIGN
AMY PILCHER, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY


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