5 Years Later: Leadership Lessons from the Field

Concurrent Session 6
Leadership

Brief Abstract

OLC’s Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) has been a transformative experience for hundreds of program participants. In this session, a group of four panelists from the 2017 IELOL cohort will discuss their leadership journey since finishing the program and provide advice for aspiring, emerging, and established institutional leaders based upon the experiences at their home institutions and through participation in the IELOL program.

Presenters

Dylan Barth is the Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Learning and a Co-Director of the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) at the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). Dylan provides strategic vision and oversight for professional development, research and publications, and the Quality Scorecard Suite at OLC. He has 20+ years of experience teaching in higher education and 12+ years working in faculty and instructional development. Dylan holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with an emphasis on masculinities in contemporary post-apocalyptic fiction.
Tim Walker is Associate Director of Instructional Technology & Research Support at Loyola University Chicago. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education supporting faculty with integrating technology into teaching and learning. Tim currently manages a centralized team of 10 full-time staff and about 20 student workers. This groups provides a wide array of technology and research services to the University community. Prior to joining Loyola, he served as the Director of Technology for the McCormick Tribune Center at National Louis University. Tim holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Marquette University, a master's degree in human services administration from National Louis University, and graduate certificates in distance education and leadership in online learning (IELOL) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Penn State University. Tim is a regular presenter at local and national conferences, with topics focusing on faculty and instructional system support, and IT management.
Dr. Sheryl Narahara Hathaway partners with higher education and emerging educational technology verticals, to develop large-scale, sustainable, online/hybrid programs. She understands that leading digital transformation begins with building trust, aligning vision and shared accountability With 20 years of experience, Sheryl has worked across industry (education, corporate, non-profit, government) developing award-winning instructional design/technology teams. Her career achievements include internationally recognized faculty/staff/student development programs, $3.4M-3.7M institutional grants for online course design initiatives, Brandon Hall Gold & Silver awards for evidence-based learning online programs, and participatory action research as an organizational strategy (OLC 2015 Institutional Strategy Best-in-Track, AECT 2022 Invitational Formative Assessment Symposium). A CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) recipient, Sheryl holds a PhD in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University, an MA in Instructional Technologies from San Francisco State University, and a BS in Community & Regional Development from University of California, Davis.
Dr. Pazzaglia earned her BS in Nutrition Science at Penn State University, a Master’s Degree in Nutrition at Syracuse University, a PhD in Nutrition with an emphasis in Nutrition Education from Penn State University and a PhD in Education, Policy and Evaluation from Arizona State University. Dr. Pazzaglia has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level in and has particular interest in pedagogy and effective teaching and learning in the online, hybrid and face-to-face formats as well as the flipped classroom approach to teaching. Dr. Pazzaglia is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with experience in clinical nutrition in both acute and long-term care settings, community nutrition and nutrition education for individuals, the public and health professionals. Her other teaching and research interests include cultural competence and diversity skills in nutrition and dietetics and health care, nutrition education for nutrition and other health professions and nutrition education and health in the Latino population.

Extended Abstract