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OP121

Managing Online Faculty at a Distance

It is no longer news that predictive learning analytics are changing online classroom instruction. This course teaches current trends in locating, hiring, monitoring and retaining the best professionals that specialize in online instruction. More importantly, this course provides insights for using the new predictive analytic approaches to optimize management of online faculty. Generalized "best practices" are waning in favor of real-time monitoring for individualized qualitative and quantitative analyses. This real-time approach provides significantly increased student success and retention. Also addressed in the course is how to build a strong faculty management team, continuing faculty development recommendations and various business considerations.

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In conjunction with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, MaxKnowledge has been honored by the 1EdTech Consortium as a Learning Impact Award Finalist for scaling pedagogical knowledge and practice through evidence-based technology.

MaxKnowledge Founder & CEO, Dr. Amir Moghadam, has been named as one of Career College Central's top 12 innovators leaping forward with ideas that have influenced the career education realm.

MaxKnowledge Chief Learning Officer, Tarlon Moghadam, has been named as one of Career Education Review's top 20 leaders changing career education.

In collaboration with the Universal Technical Institute, an independent evaluation study by the ROI Institute® proved the ROI of MaxKnowledge employee training on student retention to be over 500%.

MaxKnowledge leadership development courses are sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and feature content from Harvard ManageMentor®.

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This course provides you with a lifelong peer-to-peer learning opportunity through a specific Performance Group created within the Career Ed Lounge, a learning community of career education professionals. This allows you to learn and share with your peers at any time you want, even after you complete the course.

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Course Testimonials

"Excellent course. All Deans and Faculty for online education should take this course. Really an excellent, informative course!!!"

"Excellent course. Much more aware of key things involved in Campus Operations."

"The course is enlightening and provides a foundational framework on online faculty management."

"This was an excellent workshop. It provided pertinent information that I have already used to recruit faculty members."

"Great course, I enjoyed taking it and learning from it!"

Course Objectives

Module 1: Selection of Faculty Members

Describe how to locate quality faculty for online teaching.
Explain regulatory considerations for hiring online faculty from many states.
Examine required and preferred instructor credentials and the rationale for establishing them.
Justify the importance of instructors' industry experience.

Module 2: On-boarding New Faculty

Determine the components of a suitable instructor orientation.
Infer reasons for using the institution's LMS to train the online instructors.
Select appropriate expectations for online instructors.
Identify communication necessities for new online faculty.
Summarize regulatory matters impacting employment of online faculty.

Module 3: Faculty Performance Considerations

Differentiate qualitative and quantitative indicators of faculty performance.
Match appropriate indicators to instructional factors being monitored.
Recognize appropriate feedback and corrective actions for performance levels.
Construct a plan for perpetuating high performance in online instructors.

Module 4: Ongoing Management

Organize a strong faculty management team.
Conduct faculty meetings at a distance.
Devise in-services and professional development plans.
Outline criteria for assigning classes.
Recognize business considerations for faculty management activities.

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Course Format

Can Start Anytime
Self-paced (within course enrollment timeframe)
4 Hours of Activities

Completion Requirements

Study Course Content
Pass ALL Required Quizzes

Digital Badge & Certificate of Completion

4 Hours of Continuing Education
Awarded upon successful completion of course

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Certification Credits

This course provides a Certificate of Completion with 4 hours of continuing education credits.
This course provides credit toward the Certified Higher Education Professional (CHEP) credential in the following specialization area(s):
- CHEP in Campus Operations
This course provides credit toward the continuing education requirements for CHEPs in all areas of specialization.

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