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Horizontal Scaling: How Experience in MOOC Programs Helped a College Strategy in Emergency Response
Horizontal Scaling: How Experience in MOOC Programs Helped a College Strategy in Emergency Response
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Scagnoli, Norma
Maurer, Martin
Maurer, Martin
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Abstract
This chapter shares an evaluation of the response to the “emergency remote teaching” situation
in March of 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors focus on how
capacity building in eLearning rendered positive results internally and allowed for the quick and
successful horizontal scaling at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. They placed specific emphasis on strategies and tactics implemented by
the Gies eLearning team to expand their services to all college faculty and students in making a
rapid transition to online teaching. A post-implementation analysis explains the implications to
this transition on the organization and changes of practices and policies related to scaling online
best practices to residential courses and programs.
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2021-02
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