Cases on Technologies for Educational Leadership and Administration in Higher Education

by Luppicini, Rocci

• ISBN13: 9781466616554
• ISBN10: 1466616555
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-31
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

Institutions of higher learning rely heavily on technological innovation to effectively deliver educational services and provide students with a quality experience. Thus, the ability of leaders and administrators at these institutions to produce effective policy and to innovate in an evolving world hinges on successfully applying technological solutions to everyday challenges facing their college or university.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xxi
Planning and Developing E-Learning Tools
Enterprise System Development in Higher Education	p. 1
The Selection of a New Student Administration System at University of Southland	p. 24
An Inquiry into the Policies and Practices for Online Education at One U.S Doctoral/Research-Extensive University: A Case Study	p. 43
Building an Interactive Fully-Online Degree Program	p. 66
Introducing ICT-Services in a University Environment	p. 89
Planning and Implementing Online Programs: A Case Study in the Graduate School of Education at the State University of New York at Buffalo	p. 106
E-Learning Tool Implementation and Evaluation
ERP Implementation in Higher Education: An Account of Pre-Implementation and Implementation Phases	p. 128
Breaking the Ice: Organizational Culture and the Implementation of a Student Management System	p. 157
Implementing Virtual Career Counseling and Advising at a Major University	p. 174
A Case of an IT-Enabled Organizational Change Intervention: The Missing Pieces	p. 190
A Statewide Transition from Campus to Centralized System: Challenges and Accomplishments	p. 213
Critical Issues in Evaluating Education Technology	p. 230
Lab Development for Delivering Information Systems Courses Online at Small Campuses	p. 246
Faculty Development and E-Learning Delivery
Developing an Online Community to Promote Engagement and Professional Learning for Pre-Service Teachers Using Social Software Tools	p. 268
Faculty Development in Instructional Technology in the Context of Learning Styles and Institutional Barriers	p. 286
Sharing Insights: Teachers' Problems and Accomplishments in their Online Day-to-Day Teaching	p. 340
The Adjunct's Role in Delivering Quality Online Instruction	p. 359
E-Learning Quality: A Look towards the Demands of its Good Practices	p. 388
Developing a Learning Organization Model for Problem-Based Learning: The Emergent Lesson of Education from the IT Trenches	p. 404
Advances in Virtual Learning Tools and Services
Education Balanced Scorecard for Online Courses: Australia and US Best-Practices	p. 442
Building an Online Undergraduate Module from a Graduate Module: A Case Study	p. 464
The UAB Virtual Campus: An Essential Platform for a European Higher Education Environment	p. 482
EVAINU Research: New Virtual Learning Environments for Educational Innovation at University	p. 495
Excellence in Virtual Education: The Tutor Online Approach	p. 510
Requirements Analysis and Implementation: Converting a Student Survey of Faculty Teaching System from Paper-Based to Web-Based	p. 526
Compilation of References	p. 540
About the Contributors	p. 574
Index	p. 587
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