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NextUp: Intentional Faculty Leadership Development for All Ranks and Disciplines
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Ashe, Diana L.; TenHuisen, Matthew L. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2018
While most academic leadership training focuses on department chairs and those already in or identified for those positions, the NextUp Faculty Leadership Development Fellows program includes faculty who are considering academic leadership of any kind in their careers. Sixty faculty members have joined NextUp; forty-one have graduated and 19 are…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teacher Leadership, Fellowships, Program Descriptions
Students' Perceptions of Quality across Four Course Development Models
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Brown, Victoria S.; Toussaint, Mario; Lewis, David – Online Learning, 2018
Four course development models were compared over a 3-year period, based upon student perceptions of the integration of the Quality Matters (QM) Standards, course structure, and quality. Points of comparison included (a) faculty training, (b) instructional designer supported, (c) additional QM training course, and (d) no training or support used.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Curriculum Design, Models
Design and Delivery of a New Course of Information Technology for Small Business
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Wang, Shouhong; Wang, Hai – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
Many university or college business programs offer majors or concentrations of small business management, but few of them offer a course of information technology (IT) for small business, despite the fact that IT plays an important role in the management of innovative small businesses. While introductory information systems (IS) courses emphasize…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Information Technology, Small Businesses, Curriculum Design
Developing Health Information Technology (HIT) Programs and HIT Curriculum: The Southern Polytechnic State University Experience
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Zhang, Chi; Reichgelt, Han; Rutherfoord, Rebecca H.; Wang, Andy Ju An – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2014
Health Information Technology (HIT) professionals are in increasing demand as healthcare providers need help in the adoption and meaningful use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems while the HIT industry needs workforce skilled in HIT and EHR development. To respond to this increasing demand, the School of Computing and Software Engineering…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Program Development, Curriculum Development, Health Education
Experiential Learning: A Course Design Process for Critical Thinking
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Hamilton, Janet G.; Klebba, Joanne M. – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
This article describes a course design process to improve the effectiveness of using experiential learning techniques to foster critical thinking skills. The authors examine prior research to identify essential dimensions of experiential learning in relation to higher order thinking. These dimensions provide key insights for the selection of…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Critical Thinking, Course Organization, Curriculum Design
Curricular Variations in Nonprofit Management Graduate Programs.
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Wish, Naomi B.; Mirabella, Roseanne M. – Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1998
A survey of 342 colleges and universities investigated the nature and status of graduate programs focusing on management of nonprofit organizations, examining position within the university structure, courses offered, degrees granted, and how the curriculum is related to the degree offered. Courses generally focus on the relationship between the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, College Programs