TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swapna Kumar
AU  - Kara Dawson
AB  - The interest in and demand for online terminal degress across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be evaluated are the questions that challenge administrators and pedagogues alike. This book presents a model for a doctoral program that bridges theory, research, and practice and is offered completely or largely online. In their described program model, Kumar and Dawson enable researching professionals to build an online communtiy of inquiry, engage in critical discourse within and across disciplines, learn from and with experts and peers, and generate new knowledge. Their program design is grounded in the theoretical and research foundations of online, adult, and doctoral education, curriculum design and community-building, implementation and evaluation. The authors, who draw on their experience of implementing a similar program at the University of Florida, not only share data collected from students and faculty members but also reflect on lessons learned working on the program in diverse educational contexts. An important guide for program leaders who wish to develop and sustain an online professional doctorate, <em>An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals</em> will also be a valuable resource for higher education professionals seeking to include e-learning components in existing on-campus doctoral programs.
DO  - 10.15215/aupress/9781771992077.01
ID  - OAPEN ID: 27514
KW  - doctoral programs
KW  - digital education
KW  - distance
KW  - adult education
KW  - blended learning
KW  - doctorate
KW  - research
L1  - http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120272
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55242
PB  - Athabasca University Press
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9781771992091
SN  - 9781771992084
SN  - 9781771992077
TI  - An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluationnull
ER  - 
