Managing the Process of International Collaboration in Online Course Development: A Case-Example Involving Higher Education Institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom

Cathal Ryan; Michael Bergin; Sylvia Titze; Wolfgang Ruf; Stefan Kunz; Riccardo Mazza; Trudie Chalder; Sula Windgassen; Dianne Cooney Miner; John S.G. Wells

doi:10.1007/s10755-017-9399-6

Managing the Process of International Collaboration in Online Course Development: A Case-Example Involving Higher Education Institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom

Cathal Ryan^*, Michael Bergin, Sylvia Titze, Wolfgang Ruf, Stefan Kunz, Riccardo Mazza, Trudie Chalder, Sula Windgassen, Dianne Cooney Miner, John S.G. Wells

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There has been significant growth recently in online learning and joint programmes of education involving collaborative partnerships between and among higher education institutions in different jurisdictions. Utilising an interdisciplinary team model (Care and Scanlan 2001), we describe in this article the process of collaboration among four European institutions in Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom in order to develop and deliver an accredited online course on the management of work-related stress for health and social care workers. This course was also one of the first to pilot a system of equivalency between two European vocational and higher education credit schemes to promote learner mobility and recognition of a new international qualification. Although this process of collaboration occurred within a pan-European context, important lessons may be drawn from this explanation that are of potential interest to the wider international audience.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Innovative Higher Education
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-017-9399-6
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 26 Apr 2017

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International collaboration
Online education

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Ryan, C., Bergin, M., Titze, S., Ruf, W., Kunz, S., Mazza, R., Chalder, T., Windgassen, S., Miner, D. C., & Wells, J. S. G. (Accepted/In press). Managing the Process of International Collaboration in Online Course Development: A Case-Example Involving Higher Education Institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Innovative Higher Education, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-017-9399-6

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