An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

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Overview

The interest in and demand for online terminal degress across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be evaluated are the questions that challenge administrators and pedagogues alike. This book presents a model for a doctoral program that bridges theory, research, and practice and is offered completely or largely online. In their described program model, Kumar and Dawson enable researching professionals to build an online communtiy of inquiry, engage in critical discourse within and across disciplines, learn from and with experts and peers, and generate new knowledge.

Their program design is grounded in the theoretical and research foundations of online, adult, and doctoral education, curriculum design and community-building, implementation and evaluation. The authors, who draw on their experience of implementing a similar program at the University of Florida, not only share data collected from students and faculty members but also reflect on lessons learned working on the program in diverse educational contexts. An important guide for program leaders who wish to develop and sustain an online professional doctorate, An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals will also be a valuable resource for higher education professionals seeking to include e-learning components in existing on-campus doctoral programs.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781771992091
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Publication date: 05/23/2018
Series: Issues in Distance Education
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 225
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Swapna Kumar is clinical associate professor at the School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida. She directs the online doctorate in educational technology that forms the basis of this book. www.swapnakumar.com

Kara Dawson is professor of educational technology in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and holds the Irvin and Rose Fien Professorship in the College of Education. She researches how technology can meet the needs of everyone. www.karadawson.com


Swapna Kumar is clinical associate professor at the School of Teaching and Learning, University of Flordia. She directs the online doctorate in educational technology that forms the basis of this book.
Kara Dawson is professor of educational technology in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and holds the Irvin and Rose Fien Scholarship in the College of Education. She researches how technology can meet the needs of everyone.

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I. Theoretical Foundations and Design
1. The Case for an Online Professional Doctorate
2. Designing the Curriculum

Part II. Implementation
3. Building an Online Community of Researching Professionals
4. Fostering Scholarly Thinking Online
5. Dissertations in the Online Environment
6. Online Mentoring

Part III. Ensuring and Evaluating Quality
7. Maintaining the Quality of an Online Professional Doctorate
8. Identifying Impact

Further Considerations / References

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