Adapting and Advocating for an Online EdD Program in Changing Times and “Sacred” Cultures

2016 ◽  
pp. 1849-1876
Author(s):  
Elan Nicole Paulson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Structural Forces ◽  
Professional Doctorate ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Distance Delivery ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
Doctorate Programs

The purpose of this chapter is to underscore the importance of recognizing how complex cultural and structural forces shape the design and delivery of a fully online professional doctorate (EdD) program. This chapter considers various challenges and opportunities of a new distance-delivery EdD program in Educational Leadership offered by a leading Canadian university in order to examine how the pressures of educational reform and academic cultural norms shape professional doctorate programs and their components. Ultimately, this chapter calls for promoting greater adaptability within EdD program designs and stronger championing of the program's value and distinctiveness, especially its capacity to be adaptable to the expectations of student stakeholders.

Adapting and Advocating for an Online EdD Program in Changing Times and “Sacred” Cultures

2017 ◽  
pp. 1505-1531
Author(s):  
Elan Nicole Paulson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Structural Forces ◽  
Professional Doctorate ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Distance Delivery ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
Doctorate Programs

The purpose of this chapter is to underscore the importance of recognizing how complex cultural and structural forces shape the design and delivery of a fully online professional doctorate (EdD) program. This chapter considers various challenges and opportunities of a new distance-delivery EdD program in Educational Leadership offered by a leading Canadian university in order to examine how the pressures of educational reform and academic cultural norms shape professional doctorate programs and their components. Ultimately, this chapter calls for promoting greater adaptability within EdD program designs and stronger championing of the program's value and distinctiveness, especially its capacity to be adaptable to the expectations of student stakeholders.

Adapting and Advocating for an Online EdD Program in Changing Times and “Sacred” Cultures

2016 ◽  
pp. 88-114
Author(s):  
Elan Nicole Paulson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Structural Forces ◽  
Professional Doctorate ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Distance Delivery ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
Doctorate Programs

The purpose of this chapter is to underscore the importance of recognizing how complex cultural and structural forces shape the design and delivery of a fully online professional doctorate (EdD) program. This chapter considers various challenges and opportunities of a new distance-delivery EdD program in Educational Leadership offered by a leading Canadian university in order to examine how the pressures of educational reform and academic cultural norms shape professional doctorate programs and their components. Ultimately, this chapter calls for promoting greater adaptability within EdD program designs and stronger championing of the program's value and distinctiveness, especially its capacity to be adaptable to the expectations of student stakeholders.

scholarly journals Rise of HR—New Mandates for I-O

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Schiemann ◽  
Dave Ulrich
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Changing Times

These are exciting and changing times in the world of business overall and for industrial–organizational (I-O) psychologists in particular. To anticipate where human capital professionals may add the most value to organizations in the future, we asked 73 leading academics, consultants, association leaders, and senior human resources (HR) leaders to articulate what HR professionals need to know and do to be successful in the future. The responses create unique insights on challenges and opportunities for I-O psychologists who want to have impact from their work. We summarize these insights into 7 themes and discuss their implications for an emerging I-O mandate.

scholarly journals Online learning - Global Challenges and Opportunities for Students in Higher Education amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Libyan Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
Abdelbasit Gadour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
High Level

The spread of COVID-19 has had psychological effects on higher education students globally reflected in high level of anxiety associated with worries of failing to complete their studies (Holmes et al., 2020; Sawahhel, 2020). Due to COVID-19 all universities in Libya were closed for ten months causing a massive impact and leaving about quarter a million students without education. However, during this period some universities took preventive measures and maintained functioning from a distance. An attempt was made in this study to explore higher education students’ attitudes toward online learning and appreciate more the advantages and challenges associated with online learning. Of the 100 questionnaires sent out to university students, 58 responded back of whom 40 undergraduate and the remaining postgraduate students. The results of this study suggested that students are more interested in conventional way of learning in favour of face-to-face communication with tutors and peers as opposed to remote learning. For online learning to be successful in Libya, universities ought to upgrade their educational mode of delivery making the learning contents and assessment more desirable and responsive to the needs of the changing times. Furthermore, students must be technically and financially supported with unlimited access to internet.

scholarly journals The culture of excellence. Challenges and opportunities during changing times

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 322-331
Author(s):  
Marta-Christina Suciu
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
The People ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Modern Vision ◽  
Changing Times

Abstract The main goal of the paper is to highlight the importance of supporting the promotion of the culture of excellence among people involved in a way or another in contemporary business. In order to support business excellence, the culture of excellence have to empower and engage all the people within an organization to think out of the box in a modern vision suitable to the challenging and changing times we are facing now. All over the world, in the most competitive countries, regions and sectors of activities there is a paradigmatic change of business strategies and policies oriented more and more towards performance and excellence. The paper highlights the importance of promoting the culture of excellence in the contemporary changing business environment. It suggests an important shift from a perspective that focuses on the so called ‘hero of excellence’ towards promoting the culture of excellence among the whole organization. Within modern business, in order to face challenges of the changing times and to explore their opportunities all the people from an organization are considered to manifest as ‘heroes of excellence’ by co-creating and co-working together within creative and innovative teams. They have to contribute and to participate actively to assure, preserve and develop the competitiveness and well being of the whole organization. The paper supports a holistic, cross disciplinary and integrated vision. It is structured into three parts including: a brief literature review based on an overview of the current state of the literature dedicated to the topic of culture of excellence (part 1); presentation of the main steps of the process of building a sustainable high performance organization (part 2); a brief presentation of examples of best practice and case studied identified internationally (part 3); conclusions that highlight the importance of culture of excellence in changing and challenging times.

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