Using a Theoretical Framework as Infrastructure to Strengthen and Align Program Learning Outcomes and Assessments of an Online Leadership Program

Abstract

Despite growth in online programs in general, and leadership programs in specific, uniform underlying infrastructure or theory models for the basis of leadership programs is lacking (Jones 2005). This paper journals the process undergone by a university faculty as they redesign courses of an online BA in Organizational Leadership. Seemiller’s (2014) Leadership Competencies provided the theoretical framework for each of the leadership courses. The process of selecting and integrating these competencies is explained: the value judgements made to connect the competencies with the design of courses, integration of similar or corollary competencies, and the philosophical reasons for these decisions are discussed