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Changing institutional paradigms for online education: A cautionary design and development tale
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E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Washington, DC, United States Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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This paper describes a comprehensive design and development project for online courses and programs that represented a new approach to our University’s efforts in support of online education. A rapid development model featuring prototyping was employed to organize the design and development of 46 courses taught by 34 different faculty members over the course of a 12-week project schedule. Results indicate a number of unanticipated outcomes related to faculty resistance, project funding, and the need for roles clarification.

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Nelson, W. & Schmitz, M. (2016). Changing institutional paradigms for online education: A cautionary design and development tale. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning (pp. 38-44). Washington, DC, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 10, 2024 from .

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