About the Author

Gary E. Miller is Executive Director Emeritus of the World Campus, the online distance education campus of The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Before retiring in June 2007, he served for more than 30 years in various outreach-related positions at Penn State, most recently as Associate Vice President for Outreach and Executive Director of Continuing and Distance Education.Meg Benke teaches at Empire State College, USA.Bruce Chaloux is Executive Director of the Sloan Consortium. Lawrence Ragan teaches at Penn State, USA. Raymond Schroeder is Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois, USA. Wayne Smutz teaches at Penn State, USA. Karen Swan teaches at the University of Illinois, Springfield, USA.

Reviews

"Leading the e-Learning Transformation of Higher Education comes for innovators in the field of on-line learning, and not only reviews the specifics of how technology is changing the world of higher education, but considers the leadership and educational challenges that come with the e-learning environment. Chapters share successes, explains how to blend e-learning into higher education goals, and comes from contributors who themselves hold leadership roles in their organizations. A 'must' for any educator involved in higher learning processes."-- (08/18/2014)
"Written by six of the pioneers in the field of online learning, Leading the e-Learning Transformation of Higher Education is a professional text that offers insights and guidance to the rising generation of leaders in the field of online higher education. It explains how to integrate online learning into an institution during a period of rapid social and institutional change. This book integrates policy, technology, organizational culture, and leadership theory, and applies it to the practice of online learning. The authors share their rich background in the field and provide a vision to help guide today's online leaders. [This] is an important contribution toward defining leadership for the current academic era."-- (02/01/2014)