Abstract
Online Teaching and Learning Project Management
Highlights
The number of courses delivered online is substantially increasing every year, along with the number of online degrees (Allen & Seaman, 2011; Tallent-Runnels et al, 2006). Allen and Seaman (2011) report on the growth of online enrollments in recent years, survey results of academic leaders of over 2,500 institutions of higher education which over 65% indicated online learning is a critical part of their long-term strategic plan
The author was somewhat skeptical that a project management (PM) course could be effectively delivered online when first starting to design this course online
This skepticism was supported by research finding (Tanner, Noser, & Totaro, 2009) focusing on perception, and comparing faculty and student assessment of online learning that faculty are less inclined to want to teach an online class than students are inclined to want to take them
Summary
The number of courses delivered online is substantially increasing every year, along with the number of online degrees (Allen & Seaman, 2011; Tallent-Runnels et al, 2006). Allen and Seaman (2011) report on the growth of online enrollments in recent years, survey results of academic leaders of over 2,500 institutions of higher education which over 65% indicated online learning is a critical part of their long-term strategic plan. The main issue teaching in online and offline environments is not teaching students face-to-face or not It is rather, how to effectively use technology in online courses to design the course and deliver it to ensure student learning and accomplishing objectives of the course (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2006). In order to face this unique challenge, a methodology is proposed to more effectively design and deliver an online PM course to take advantage of the opportunities online technology has presented. The purpose of this research is to emphasize differences between the design and delivery of an online PM course compared to a traditional offline PM course, and to demonstrate challenges including virtual teamwork in an online PM course. One of the main purposes of the PM is team building and teamwork
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