COL Video Series: Distance Education Leadership and Management

Abstract

Helen Lentell, a Fellow in Distance Learning at the University of Leicester, UK and former COL staff member co-produced this video series with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) through conversations held in July 2012 at COL's Offices in Vancouver, Canada. The videos are open educational resources (OER) and available for download and use by anyone. // 1) Introduction - In this introductory video, Helen Lentell discusses the series of videos she helped produce for COL on the subject of distance education leadership and management. (Duration: 4:32) // 2) Conversation with Dominique Abrioux who has led a large single mode distance learning provision and written extensively about leadership in distance learning. (Duration: 23:39) // 3) Conversation with Joan Collinge who has led and managed large distance learning departments within dual mode provision but with different student bodies and institutional missions and has been very active in the professional bodies of Distance Learning. (Duration: 20:29) // 4) Conversation with Margaret Haughey, who has worked for a number of distance learning providers and had many distance learning roles. She has a background in educational administration and policy. She is currently responsible for all academic affairs at a large single mode provider. She is an active researcher and has been very active in the professional bodies of distance learning. (Duration: 21:23) // 5) Conversation with Erin Keough, who has led and managed large distance learning departments within dual mode provision but with different student bodies and institutional missions and has been very active in the professional bodies of Distance Learning. (Duration 21:07) // 6) Conversation with Angela Kwan, who has set up and led COL’s for profit provision within an organisation that is not primarily concerned with direct course provision. (Duration 14:16) // 7) Conversation with Alison Mead-Richardson, who has worked for many development agencies commissioning distance learning provision and she is also a distance learning practitioner having worked in many and diverse contexts. (Duration 13:16) // 8) Conversation with Ross Paul, who has worked in leadership roles in both single mode and dual mode provision and written about leadership in academic institutions. (Duration 16:46)