Leading the quality management of online learning environments in Australian higher education Holt, Dale, Palmer, Stuart, Munro, Judy, Solomonides, Ian, Gosper, Maree, Hicks, Margaret, Sankey, Michael, Allan, Garry and Hollenbeck, Robert 2013, Leading the quality management of online learning environments in Australian higher education, Australasian journal of educational technology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 387-402. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads holt-leadingthequality-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 879.25KB 217 Title Leading the quality management of online learning environments in Australian higher education Author(s) Holt, Dale Palmer, Stuart orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Munro, Judy Solomonides, Ian Gosper, Maree Hicks, Margaret Sankey, Michael Allan, Garry Hollenbeck, Robert Journal name Australasian journal of educational technology Volume number 29 Issue number 3 Start page 387 End page 402 Total pages 16 Publisher ASCILITE Place of publication Perth, W.A. Publication date 2013 ISSN 1449-3098 1449-5554 Summary The paper presents the findings of the first year of a nationally funded Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) project on the quality management of online learning environments by and through distributed leadership. The project is being undertaken by five Australian universities with major commitments to online and distance education. Each university, however, has a distinctive location, history and profile in the sector. The first year of the project has seen the development of a quality management framework with six interrelated elements. The framework is being applied, refined and validated in the second year of the project. Allied with the development of the framework, was the conduct of focus groups at each of the five partner institutions in the middle of the first year. These focus groups composed a range of staff involved collectively in the leadership of the organisation's online learning environment. Prominence was given to the nature and value of strategic planning, due diligence conducted in selecting and mainstreaming technologies, evaluation approaches informing decision making, and the various relationships between different leadership levels and domains. A number of key issues which emerged relating to the elements identified in the framework are examined. Language eng Field of Research 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, ASCILITE Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30055262 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Institute of Teaching and Learning Open Access Collection PVC's Office - Science and Technology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 27 Aug 2013, 11:48:09 EST Tue, 27 Aug 2013, 13:35:05 EST Tue, 03 Dec 2013, 13:34:23 EST Tue, 13 May 2014, 15:24:59 EST Wed, 14 May 2014, 08:59:10 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 18:00:06 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 16:40:35 EST Tue, 03 Feb 2015, 13:33:43 EST Wed, 04 Feb 2015, 13:32:22 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 21:24:46 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:41:58 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:38:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2064 Abstract Views, 217 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 27 Aug 2013, 11:48:09 EST