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Management in an Open and Distance Learning Environment

Management in an Open and Distance Learning Environment. Frits Pannekoek , President Athabasca University. The Management Issues. Funding Models Structural Tradition Intellectual Resistance Bureaucratic Resistance. Funding Issues . Need for advanced planning

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Management in an Open and Distance Learning Environment

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  1. Management in an Open and Distance Learning Environment Frits Pannekoek, President Athabasca University

  2. The Management Issues Funding Models Structural Tradition Intellectual Resistance Bureaucratic Resistance

  3. Funding Issues • Need for advanced planning • Need to set more complex non traditional budget priorities • What is infrastructure? • The need for new structure for learning budgets? • Competition • Granting Council perspectives

  4. Structural Tradition • College vs University models • Role of pedagogical specialists • Role of mission critical research • Role of technology • Role of research • Role of student support

  5. Intellectual Resistance • The bounds of tradition • Team approach to course development • Intellectual ownership of product • Turn around to keep current • Professor as “intellectual manager”

  6. Bureaucratic Resistance • International resistance • New international laws • Quality “red herring” • The Ranking Industry and its impact • The new/old competition

  7. Thanks Comments?

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