Quality management of online learning environments: a condensed guide to building distributed leadership for the quality management of online learning environments

This project will design and implement a framework using a distributed leadership approach for the quality management of online learning environments in Australian higher education. The distributed leadership approach will enable the development of the framework and, in turn, contribute to its implementation. The framework will be the vehicle for building leadership capacity. The project will draw upon the combined expertise and strengths of five universities using different learning management systems and approaches to social networking and which are at various stages of deploying their next-generation online learning environments. The universities involved represent different groupings of institutions in the sector and each is reliant on disparate leadership groups to successfully implement and sustain their environments. The project will determine the key components of such a quality management framework and the key sources of evidence needed to ensure that institutional investments generate good student learning experiences.