1. Distance Learning Leader Nova Southeastern University Michael Simonson

2. www.nova.edu/~simsmich

3. DISTANCE LEARNING LEADER A leader is a visionary capable of action who guides an organization’s future, its vision, mission, goals, and objectives. The leader guides the organization and its people who have faith in the leader, and have a clear understanding and acceptance of the organization’s worthwhile and shared vision and goals. A distance learning leader has competence in knowing, designing, managing, leading and visioning distance education.

4. Distance Learning Leader Pyramid jk Knowing Designing Managing Leading Visioning

5. Knowing Distance Education The distance learning leader will: Define and trace the chronology of distance education definitions Understand the terminology used by distance educators Explain the technologies used for distance education – synchronous and asynchronous Apply appropriate copyright regulations to the practice of distance education Understand and apply the KDMLV model for distance education leaders Designing Distance Education The distance learning leader will: Explain the U-M-T Approach for designing distance education Name several important instructional design models used in distance education Understand the design structure of distance education courses Managing Distance Education The distance learning leader will: Explain important activities of the manager of a design team Discuss the process of managing a distance learning project Explain the components of a distance education policy document Understand the process of producing a distance education policy statement Discuss the process of working with clients and vendors Leading Distance Education The distance learning leader will: Discuss the process of managing people through change Understand and explain examples of leaders implementing a distance education project Discuss a business view with case studies for leading a distance education/training organization Visioning Distance Education The distance learning leader will: Understand approaches for and explain case studies of visioning for distance education Discuss distance learning today and tomorrow from an educational or corporate perspective Explain the characteristics of and a process of developing a vision statement Write a vision statement for distance education

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10. Who Is the Distance Learning Leader? A Politician? A Coach? A GeneralA General? A President? A Salesman? ?

13. Distance Learning Leader Book Shelf

15. The Distance Learning Leader

17. “The ideal country in a flat world is the one with no natural resources, because countries with no natural resources tend to dig inside themselves. They tap the energy, entrepreneurship, creativity and intelligence of their own people, rather than drill an oil well.” Leadership Technology Educated Population