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According to Wolf (Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 17(2), 2006), a modicum of technological skill, active administrative support, motivated faculty, and the intent to create a specific online course are all requirements for developing online courses. An online learning initiative at a community college considered models such as the technology-adoption lifecycle to identify a target group of potential participants for what they saw to be a means of creating a culture that would support the expansion of quality online courses; they developed a purposeful initiative to train faculty to create and teach online course sections. This chapter discusses critical components that contributed to the ongoing success of this initiative such as the mentor-mentee relationship, and how student engagement and producing a well-crafted online course were non-negotiable goals.
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DiSanto, J.M., Guevara, C. (2019). The Online Learning Initiative: Training the Early Adopters. In: Wolfe, K., Lyons, K., Guevara, C. (eds) Developing Educational Technology at an Urban Community College. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17038-7_7
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