The Concept and Context of Distance Learning in the New Normal Learning Scheme

Distance Learning has been around since its advent in 1960 and evolved in the creation of World Wide Web (WWW) in 1991 with the introduction of first education programs through internet of University of Phoenix and other universities and colleges. Vast ideas of concepts, theories and context have aroused in the popularization and implementation of distance learning in educational system and its first and most adversary are those in favor of lecture style of teaching. In the onset of the COVID-19, all fields of society have been affected and one of it is the educational system. This pandemic propagated the rise of distance learning in the Philippines and it becomes the most reliable modality of continuing the academic years. Distance learning becomes more adaptive and effective with the help of flexible teaching and learning modalities. Several studies exposed the concepts and theories for the distance learning to be more acceptable. These concepts and theories are supported by the literature with claims of context of distance learning in order to create an open and good system. Frameworks and being literate with the aid of continuous studies in this rising field is one of the key concepts in creating more possibilities to attain the quality of sufficient distance learning modality.

Experimentation With Competency-Based Education at the University of Phoenix

The author of this chapter, Ward Wesolowski, served as the Dean of Operations in the Center of Competency-Based Education (CBE) at the University of Phoenix. In this role, a substantial amount of experimentation was conducted to uncover insights relating to technology, faculty roles, curriculum, policy, and most importantly, the student experience in CBE. In an endeavor as complicated as creating CBE offerings at a large institution of higher education, there was only one thing that was certain: failure. At University of Phoenix, it was important to fail fast, learn, improve, and try again. This iterative approach allowed Ward and his team to quickly see what worked and what did not, so improvement efforts could be focused on the elements requiring the most attention. Valuable insights and recommendations are contained in this chapter for anyone aspiring to produce CBE offerings for students in higher education.

The Magic of a Local Academic Community for Online Adult Learners in Completing the Doctoral Journey

The dissertation journey from student to scholar is filled with hurdles that can be difficult to navigate alone, especially as online students. Many adult students who have stepped foot onto the path to earning a doctoral degree did so in a non-traditional environment that included a mix of work and family obligations, and the need to prove that they have earned the right to be called “doctor.” In 2017, the Jersey City Campus of University of Phoenix launched the Research Club, a monthly gathering of doctoral students, faculty, and alumni in the New York-New Jersey area. The initiative was designed to bring together a team to help doctoral students succeed through an in-person informal structure of conversation and peer-to-peer support to supplement the work of the dissertation committee. This chapter chronicles the first three years and affirms the need for innovative in-person strategies for providing doctoral support through informal communities of practice.

El panorama de la industria 4.0 en el marco de la formación profesional del talento humano en salud

En la primera parte de este escrito se aborda el concepto de cuarta revolución industrial y la forma en la surge en Alemania, como una iniciativa estratégica de Gobierno en el año de 2011, la cual representa un paso de una sociedad industrial hacia una sociedad del conocimiento surgida desde en una revolución de orden digital, integrando Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) para el desarrollo de espacios ciberfísicos que les permita optimizar los procesos industriales en entornos complejos, donde se genera creación, procesamiento, y análisis de datos en grandes cantidades dirigido a la toma de decisiones basadas en los conocimientos surgidos de esos análisis. En este entorno la producción dirigida a los individuos es fundamental, los productos se hacen de forma personalizada incluyendo los materiales, procesos y destinatario final. En este marco la inclusión del uso eficiente de la energía es fundamental en la integración de los procesos productivos. Lo que se materializa en la creación de nuevos modelos de administración caracterizados por las decisiones basadas en el conocimiento, incluyendo la rapidez y eficiencia basada en el análisis y graficación de datos. La constitución de redes y clúster está llamada a hacer parte de la vida de las empresas, incluyendo la minimización de costos y cambios en la cadena de suministros. Ello representa un cambio significativo en la forma como el talento humano se debe vincular a un mundo laboral marcado por la alta tecnología con la herramienta de la creatividad: se pasa del trabajador operario al trabajador creativo. En su conjunto se puede afirmar que los pilares de la Revolución 4.0 se encuentran soportados bajo la idea de ecosistema, donde se dan complejas relaciones entre los sistemas que la integran.En la segunda parte se abordan algunas aplicaciones de esta revolución al área de la salud como lo son la inteligencia artificial, Blockchain, internet de la salud, impresión 3D, robótica y realidad mixta. Finalmente en la tercera parte se realiza una descripción de la forma cómo se prevé el horizonte de posibilidades para los técnicos en salud en el marco de la cuarta revolución industrial para Latinoamérica, incluyendo una lectura del BID y se ofrece una presentación del tema desde un estudio de brechas realizado por la Cámara de comercio de Bogotá, PNUD y SENA, sobre brechas de capital humano en salud, desde el Clúster de salud de Bogotá-Región. Finalmente se cierra la reflexión con la presentación de las Habilidades para el trabajo futuro propuestas por el Institute for the Future for the University of Phoenix Research Institute. Objetivo: Generar una reflexión sobre el concepto de la cuarta revolución industrial y algunas aplicaciones en el área de la salud. Método: Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica de los temas abordados como marco general de la reflexión y posteriormente una propuesta reflexiva sobre algunos avances dentro del área de salud en el marco de esta revolución. Conclusiones: La Industria 4.0 genera grandes transformación en la forma como las empresas son administradas y la forma como producen, ya que la integración horizontal eje central de la integración, no sólo permite integrar los procesos de cada una de las áreas, sino que permite integrar los procesos de producción entre empresas con el fin de reducir costos y alcanzar unos mayores niveles de productividad y un mayor crecimiento económico para los países.

Benchmark Academy Study Ties Customer Experience to Emotional Branding

How do academies use customer experience (CX) leadership theory? How do they employ and measure it? How is emotional branding related to customer experience? No matter how rigorous higher education programs become, understanding the student and faculty customer experience can have many positive effects. Staff and faculty need to understand how to create meaningful student interactions leading to loyalty that can foster networking opportunities for student success throughout the school's prospective, current, and alumni network. A content analysis and brief survey was employed to examine a University of Phoenix research center Website iteration to define the customer personas of dissertation chairs, its largest customers who utilize the Center for Leadership Studies and Educational Research (CLSER) center for guidance to formulate research studies geared towards publication. These customers (known as affiliates) also were measured whether they believed that implicit promises made were kept, a necessity of purposeful CX strategy and that signifies the degree of emotional connection.

Transformational Leadership Plans

Higher education institutions are aware of the need to incorporate learning-driven assessment artifacts into theirdoctoral programs to ensure successful leadership development. However, in attempting to integrate learning intostudents’ future performance, it appears that there is no general agreement upon the most effective assignments. Theplethora of leadership tasks makes it difficult for scholars and instructors to guarantee that doctoral learners will usetheir leadership skills in their current or future workplaces. One way to incorporate current learning into professionalperformance is to translate course learning into personal leadership development plans. This article describes ashort-term transformational leadership development plan rooted in the Scholar/Practitioner/ Leader Model,University of Phoenix, U.S.A., educational model. The plan is a culminating learning task of a TransformationalLeadership and Innovation course. Upon completion of this course, doctoral learners would be prepared toincorporate the principles of transformational leadership into their leadership plans when completing them in specificacademic contexts. The plan proposed defines a strategy for maximizing leadership effectiveness and spells outlearning from doctoral courses.