Exploring Distributed Leadership for the Quality Management of Online Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale; Gosper, Maree; Sankey, Michael; Allan, Garry
Titel	Exploring Distributed Leadership for the Quality Management of Online Learning Environments
Quelle	In: European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 16 (2013) 2, S.61-75 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1027-5207
Schlagwörter	Participative Decision Making; College Administration; Leadership Styles; Quality Control; Online Courses; Distance Education; Foreign Countries; Leadership Responsibility; Administrator Attitudes; Planning; Educational Technology; Satisfaction; Peer Relationship; Governance; Institutional Characteristics; Evaluation Methods; Online Surveys; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Führungsstil; Qualitätskontrolle; Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Unterrichtsmedien; Zufriedenheit; Peer-Beziehungen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Australien
Abstract	Online learning environments (OLEs) are complex information technology (IT) systems that intersect with many areas of university organisation. Distributed models of leadership have been proposed as appropriate for the good governance of OLEs. Based on theoretical and empirical research, a group of Australian universities proposed a framework for the quality management of OLEs, and sought to validate the model via a survey of Australasian university representatives with OLE leadership responsibility. For the framework elements: Planning and Resourcing were rated most important; Organisational structure was rated least important; Technologies were rated low in importance and high in satisfaction; Resourcing and Evaluation were rated low in satisfaction; and Resourcing had the highest rating of importance coupled with low satisfaction. Considering distributed leadership in their institution, respondents reported that the organisational alignments represented by "official" reporting and peer relationships were significantly more important and more effective than the organisational alignments linking the formal and informal leaders. From a range of desirable characteristics of distributed leadership, "continuity and sustainability" received the highest rating of importance and a low rating of "in evidence"--there are concerns about the sustainability of distributed leadership for the governance of OLEs in universities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10