Leadership is tricky. Online learning is complicated. It is easy to understand why many consider leading in online learning and online environments difficult. This conversation session invites participants to discuss the challenges they face in online learning leadership and invites participants to engage in creating solutions to address these challenges.
Overview:
Leadership is tricky. Online learning is complicated. Thus, it is easy to understand why many consider leading in online learning and online environments difficult. This conversation session invites attendees to discuss the challenges they face in online learning leadership and invites participants to engage in creating solutions to address these challenges. The overall goal of this session is to help participants develop strategies to create positive online learning relationships and outcomes.
Session Structure:
The session will begin with the facilitators projecting one slide for all to see. The slide will list common struggles of leading in online environments: departmental communication, training and onboarding, building leadership capacity in faculty, leading change initiatives, creating online student support structures, engaging online faculty, engaging online students, and setting appropriate (and fair) expectations. The facilitators will ask the participants to select two to four (depending on the size of the group) topics to explore during the session. Once the group chooses the topics, the facilitators will create groups in the session. Each group will spend 20 minutes coming up with challenges they face and potential solutions that would address these challenges. Once that time elapses, the smaller groups will share their challenges and solutions with the entire group and invite others to comment on other solutions. The facilitators will document all challenges and solutions and ensure these are shared with the group after the session ends.