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A journey begins with a single step. My unintentional journey into distance education leadership began in 2001, one year after I had finished my undergraduate degree and was working in the field of Christian education at a church in central Wisconsin. Sensing the need to deepen my understanding of curriculum development, I began looking for options for pursing a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. Unfortunately, the closest available graduate programs were residential programs over 2 h away, and there was no way I could complete such an on-campus program while maintaining my full-time job and other professional and personal commitments.
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Rhode, J., Richter, S., Gowen, P., Miller, T., & Wills, C. (2017a). Understanding faculty use of the learning management system. Online Learning, 21(3), 68–86. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v21i3.1217.
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Rhode, J., Richter, S., Gowen, P., & Krishnamurthi, M. (2015). Measuring digital professional development: Analytics for the use of web and social media. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 7(1), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-02-2014-0023.
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Rhode, J. (2019). My Unintentional Journey Into Distance Education Leadership. In: Miller, C.T., Piña, A.A. (eds) Lessons in Leadership in the Field of Educational Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29501-1_11
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