Distance Administration of Distance Staff

Autor/in	Tobin, Thomas J.
Titel	Distance Administration of Distance Staff
Quelle	In: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 25 (2022) 1, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1556-3847
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Educational Administration; Administrative Organization; COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Administrator Role; Barriers; Time; Accountability; Interpersonal Relationship; Teamwork; School Policy; Human Resources; Technology Uses in Education; Technical Support; Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Zeit; Verantwortung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Schulpolitik; Humankapital; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Co-operation; Kooperation
Abstract	Since the late 1990s, internet-based distance-education programs have attracted students and instructors who could be geographically distributed: they could learn and teach from anywhere. However, the model for the staff who support distance-education programs was overwhelmingly the traditional place-based office with co-located physical and human resources. The idea of the campus as the physical location where services are literally housed was slow to shift to a distributed-workforce model until the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency shift to remote instruction and remote support services, starting in early 2020. While there have been a few colleges and universities whose distance-education staff were intentionally flexible, hybrid, or agnostic regarding the physical location of work, far more of our programs remain stuck within larger institutional contexts, policies, and expectations that the work of the campus must take place on the campus. This article outlines the history of distributed work in higher education, shares models for shifting from co-located to hybrid and fully remote units, offers tips for how to manage such arrangements, lists ways to attract and keep remote distance-education staff members, and suggests policy and infrastructure needs that support successful remote-staff units. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	State University of West Georgia. 1601 Maple Street, Honors House, Carrollton, GA 30118. Tel: 678-839-5489; Fax: 678-839-0636; e-mail: distance@westga.edu; Web site: https://ojdla.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01