Book review of "An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation"

Abstract

The book ends with a list of seminal references on distance and online education, program development, graduate education, learning theories, instructional philosophies, curriculum design principles, student support, quality frameworks, and educational evaluation. In particular, they emphasize online faculty presence, given the doctoral requirement for models of scholarly "habits of mind" (p.76); faculty consciously inspire trust, encourage personal and professional learning, and lead by example in the expert use of technology and research methods. In this section, the authors offer evidence that changes made in second and third offerings based on systematic, formative and summative assessment from multiple perspectives contributed to improved student learning, performance and satisfaction and a more coherent program, as well as to a process of continual improvement.